This video reminded the lion kingdom of how much it wanted a real version of the teddy bear from the movie.  The lion kingdom's copy of A.I. doesn't show any of Savage's models.  It cuts directly from the copter entering the water to the copter entering Coney island.

We're a lot closer today than when the lion kingdom saw the movie in 2004.  Maybe the real bear could implement 1 of the worthless digital assistants from 5 years ago with some random body movements.  Maybe it could use real cameras to do real eye tracking.  The other body movements would be canned to go along with certain phrases & sounds it heard.  

When digital assistants were big, 5 years ago, there were actually many robot toys which tried to be a kind of biological front end.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTIHsZQx5Xg

Then, there were creepy prosthetic heads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Ga9nh11i0

How did we ever live through the 2015's?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS2oFMCrEoE

There was a Teddy Ruxpin revival a few years ago.  LCD screens enabled somewhat expressive eyes without a lot of money.  Only the mouth moved.  For some reason, biomorphic limbs & the ability to walk never made it into teddy bears, only plastic toys. 

The lion kingdom got a $50 femisapien long ago.  It could walk on carpet with some enhancements.  That could theoretically be the basis of a teddy bear or at least a toy wookie.  The lion kingdom believes if robot startups shifted to animating plush animal toys instead of the plastic toys they've made for the last 30 years, they might get a lot more acceptance.  The fur coat on its own is most of the value in a toy, while the intelligent movement is the extra feature which makes them choose the robot over a competitor.