New Work: EPCOT 30 posters

Today marks the 30th anniversary of EPCOT at Walt Disney World. To commemorate the event, Jayro created a series of posters celebrating the robots of the early years of the park.

The first poster in the series begins with SMRT-1, the greeter and trivia host at Computer Central in the original Communicore area of Future World. SMRT-1 is widely known as the mascot of Communicore, which showcased the latest in technological advancements in telecommunications, computers and robotics.

The second poster showcases GYRO, who was voice/remote-controlled from backstage and roamed around Future World interacting live with guests. GYRO was frequently seen wearing an EPCOT baseball cap which could rise and retract on command. See 1:33 of this clip for more.

EPCOT was a big personal inspiration, and helped us all shape our great big beautiful tomorrow. Here’s to another 30 years of inspiration!

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