A new Disney animatronic has taken the world by storm, and even after having the funniest malfunction in Disney animatronic history, Robo-Olaf is still just as amazing as ever.

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This happy snowman just made his debut in Disneyland Paris as part of the new World of Frozen in Disney Adventure World, but if you’ve been begging for him to make his way stateside, you might just be in luck! The Olaf animatronic will eventually be coming to Disneyland and Disney World, according to a new report from Fast Company.

Walt Disney Imagineering revealed that the Olaf robot will eventually make his way to Disneyland and beyond for photo op appearances, Fast Company has reported. After the popular character recently debuted at World of Frozen at the new Disney Adventure World in Paris, Imagineering has plans to bring Olaf to Disneyland and “other Disney theme parks around the world.”

Robot Olaf! via Carlye Wisel

Senior Vice President for Research and Development at Walt Disney Imagineering, Kyle Laughlin, said that Olaf robots will eventually appear at Disney parks around the world. Not only that, but Olaf will be found on the high seas on the Disney Cruise Line as well.

“He’s one of our most popular characters, so domestically you’ll also see him as well,” Laughlin said. “That’s really kind of the important point: We really are building these now for operations and to ensure that they’re everywhere.”

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As of now, Imagineering has not revealed a timeline for the rollout of Olaf robots at Disneyland, Disney World, or elsewhere, but we’re hoping it’s sooner rather than later. Also, is anyone else picturing an army of tiny robot Olafs in their head, or is it just me???

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These animatronics can walk and talk, and are remotely controlled with pre-recorded lines provided by Olaf’s original voice actor from Frozen, Josh Gad.

When we visited Disney Adventure World, we spotted robot Olaf in “A Celebration in Arendelle,” a boat show that’s all about the Frozen franchise. Occasionally, if the robot is not working, he can be found in puppet form as part of the show.

A Celebration in Arendelle

Imagineering used “reinforcement learning,” an AI-driven tool, to train the Olaf robot how to waddle, turn his head, and make eye contact just like the original animated character. They’re not working on an Olaf robot that can do up-close meet-and-greet photo ops with park visitors.

“The North Star goal that we have is to be able to have that huggable moment,” Laughlin said.

A Celebration in Arendelle

Hong Kong Disneyland is set to soon add an Olaf robot to a boat show in their version of the World of Frozen land. Imagineering has also teased the possibility of a robotic Sven reindeer and a robotic Simba, Mufasa, or Scar character for the Lion King land coming to Disney Adventure World.

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If you don’t want to wait to meet a Disney robot, you can head over to Disneyland’s Pixar Place Hotel during April to meet WALL-E and Eve robotic characters. We recently got the chance to meet these two, and they are SO dang cute.

They are so cute together!

We’ll be on the lookout for even more updates about when robot Olaf might end up at Disneyland or Disney World! In the meantime, make sure you stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog for the latest Disney news and more!

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