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Push the Talking Trash Can is a radio-controlled

Radio control

Radio control is the use of radio signals to remotely control a device. The term is used frequently to refer to the control of model vehicles from a hand-held radio transmitter...

robot, created by Daniel Deutsch, which makes daily rounds throughout Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland

- Tomorrowland 1955–1967 :The first Tomorrowland opened at Disneyland on July 18, 1955, with only several of its planned attractions open, due to budget cuts. The construction of the park was rushed, so Tomorrowland was the last land to be finished. It became something of a corporate showcase,...

inside the Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom Park is one of four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort located near Orlando, Florida. The first park built at the resort, Magic Kingdom opened Oct. 1, 1971. Designed and built by WED Enterprises, the park's layout and attractions are similar to Disneyland in Anaheim, California...

theme park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

; Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure

Disney's California Adventure

Disney California Adventure, or simply California Adventure, is a theme park in Anaheim, California, adjacent to Disneyland Park and part of the larger Disneyland Resort. It opened on February 8, 2001 as Disney's California Adventure Park. The park is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and...

park in Anaheim, California

Anaheim, California

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...

, Hong Kong Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland is located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island. It is the first theme park located inside the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and is owned and managed by the Hong Kong International Theme Parks. The park opened to visitors on 12 September 2005...

park as well as Disneyland Paris outside Paris, France and Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland

is a 115 acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to be built outside of the United States and opened on April 15, 1983...

in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Push has been entertaining guests at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom since February 1995, and at one point was the focus of a grass roots effort to elect him as "Mayor of Tomorrowland."

Pipa is the recycling container version at Disney's Animal Kingdom. They call him Pipa because it means container in Swahili, fitting the Animal Kingdom vibe. The bin’s regular steel liner hides the radio control system and plastic trash bag should a guest peer inside.

The robot is puppeteered by a single operator in plain clothes. The transmitter

Transmitter

In electronics and telecommunications a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating...

is hidden inside a shoulder strapped gym bag, while the microphone is held at the mouth of the puppeteer, concealed in the hand. The robot contains a voice processor which changes the operator's voice to a high-pitched, nasal register. Since the operator is so close to the robot, Push can interact directly with guests.

The robot is propelled with the transmission, wheels and tires of a custom based, designed and staffed by a local robotic entertainment company, under contract with Disney. Disney has extended the technique and technology to audio-animatronic characters such as the Muppet Mobile Lab

Muppet Mobile Lab

Muppet Mobile Lab is a free-roving, audio-animatronic entertainment attraction that has been tested at Disney California Adventure park in Anaheim, California and at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida; it is currently deployed at Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong.Implemented on a Segway...

, Lucky the Dinosaur

Lucky the Dinosaur

Lucky the Dinosaur is an approximately green biped dinosaur which pulls a flower-covered cart and is led by "Chandler the Dinosaur Handler".Lucky premiered at Disney's California Adventure and came to the DinoLand U.S.A. area of Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World from June 2005 to August...

, and Wall-E

WALL-E

WALL-E, promoted with an interpunct as WALL•E, is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Andrew Stanton. The story follows a robot named WALL-E, who is designed to clean up a waste-covered Earth far in the future...

Pipa the talking trash can bin exists at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Disney's Animal Kingdom is an animal theme park located at the Walt Disney World Resort. The fourth park built at the resort, it opened on April 22, 1998, and it is the largest single Disney theme park in the world, covering more than . It is also the first Disney theme park to be themed entirely...

in the Rafiki's Planet Watch themed area and tries to encourage guests to recycle.

There is also Wes Palm a talking Palm Tree, located at the front entrance to Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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