Far more impressive, even, than WDI's autonomous animatronic animals are ITEC Entertainment's
Aquamatronics.
They've been around for over a year now and have seen very, very little press.
Lucky is, as far as I know, based on the series of novels based on Dinotopia and ties in to ABC's mini-series and its television show. Lucky has been in development for quite some time, but was put on the back burner when neither the mini-series nor the series were as popular as Disney was hoping they'd be. The only reason we're seeing it now is because it was so far along in its development and the California Adventure park needs help.