Thats no droid! It’s an astronomy building.
Hackers at Minnesota’s Carleton College reportedly decorated their astronomy building to look like a giant R2-D2.
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R2-D2 build video
Have you ever wondered what exactly is involved in building a working, radio-controlled R2-D2 robot replica? This vid documents the two-year process of Victor Franco, of Southern California, and his friends building an R2, mainly from scratch-built parts of varying materials, including wood, styrene, resin, and aluminum. He also used some parts provided by members […]
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World’s smallest R2?
Rob Meyer built this amazingly small (1/18th scale) R2-D2 with three of Solarbotics GM15 pager gearmotors. It uses two of the motors in the drive train and one to rotate the mech’s dome. It measures 2.36″/6cm tall! [via Solarbotics] Rob Meyer Productions
Continue ReadingiPhone-controlled full-sized R2D2
Check out this detailed R2D2 reproduction. Using the accelerometer or OSC slider control on the iPhone makes this R2 unit’s dome whirl back and forth. There are also buttons that control banks of sounds for different moods. Eventually more controls will make it over to the iPhone. Right now it’s taking its first steps forward.
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Beer2-D2
Junkbot sculptor Lockwasher strikes again (strikes back?). What is Beer2-D3 made from? Beer2’s technical specs: Head – 1945 chrome BLC utility light shell. Eye – vintage movie camera lens w/adjustable spring-loaded aluminum casing. Body – 4.7 liter “adult soda” mini-keg. Legs – propane tank valve handles, brass spacers, drilled-out washers, pair of aluminum Lady Josephine […]
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R2-D2 builders at WonderCon
Our pal Bonnie Burton, from The Official Star Wars Blog, caught up with some of the members of Astromech, the R2-D2 builders club, at WonderCon, and asked them a few questions about the ins and outs of droid construction. Can you describe what the R2-D2 Builders group is all about We’re a loosely organized international […]
Continue ReadingBuilding clubs for your favorite movie and TV robots
While many of us wish we lived in the world promised to us by the sci-fi movies and shows we grew up with, so far, here in the 21st century, we have a robot that sort of vacuums an uncluttered living space and runty humanoid toybots that make fart jokes. Hey, it’s a start. But […]
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