1. An animation method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a figure to be animated, said figure having at least one drive unit for driving a part or segment of the figure; (b) providing a control system and manually causing the control system to emit control signals for controlling said at least one drive unit; (c) digitizing the control signals; (d) feeding the digitized control signals to a processor and processing them individually or in sets; (e) storing the processed control signals in a memory; (f) transmitting the stored control signals to said at least one drive unit after converting said signals to analog form in order to animate the figure; (g) modifying said control signals by superimposing sub-control signals on them during animation of the figure, wherein life-like and spontaneous movements of the figure can be obtained under direct control of an animator even as the stored control signals control basic animation functions to relieve the animator of the need to control said basic animation functions.
1. An animation method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a figure to be animated, said figure having at least one drive unit for driving a part or segment of the figure; (b) providing a control system and manually causing the control system to emit control signals for controlling said at least one drive unit; (c) digitizing the control signals; (d) feeding the digitized control signals to a processor and processing them individually or in sets; (e) storing the processed control signals in a memory; (f) transmitting the stored control signals to said at least one drive unit after converting said signals to analog form in order to animate the figure; (g) modifying said control signals by superimposing sub-control signals on them during animation of the figure, wherein life-like and spontaneous movements of the figure can be obtained under direct control of an animator even as the stored control signals control basic animation functions to relieve the animator of the need to control said basic animation functions. 5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein step (g) comprises the step of modifying the control signals to change a length of movement of said driven part or segment.