Making Taro Talk: A Documentary(2025)
Countless wires and cardboard. Zero time. One toucan.
A group of undergraduate students at UC San Diego learn the difficulties of creating an audio animatronic. Faced with budget and time constraints, these students embark on a journey filled with comedic moments, setbacks, and betrayal to get their animatronic named “Taro” to talk.
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