Walt Disney Imagineering (which was just past its centennial at the time) for the “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” exhibit, the first human Audio-Animatronic figure. Today, Audio-Animatronics are featured prominently in many popular Disney attractions, including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, The Hall of Presidents, Country Bear Jamboree, Star Tours—The Adventures Continue, and Muppet*Vision 3D. Guests have also had the opportunity to interact with some Audio-Animatronic characters, such as Lucky the Dinosaur, WALL-E, and Remy from "Ratatouille". The next wave of Audio-Animatronic development focuses on completely independent figures, or “Autonomatronics.” Otto, the first Autonomatronic figure, debuted at the 2009 D23 Expo
Stitch (Disney) who appears in the park's Tomorrowland area. He is also featured in the Nintendo 3DS life simulation games "Disney Magical World" and "Disney Magical World 2" as an interactive character that the player can speak to and assist in quests. After the success of the original "Lilo & Stitch" film, Stitch quickly became one of Disney's most popular characters. "The Verge"s Kaitlyn Tiffany wrote in a May 2017 article arguing that the character remains popular fifteen years after "Lilo & Stitch"s release due to his flawed nature, which made him "endlessly ", and would outlast more recent characters who are