Mike Senna

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Building Robots with Mike Senna
May 25, 2014

At the StarLight Festival, Andre Bormanis sat down with programmer and prop hobbyist Mike Senna and the R2-D2 droid he built to discuss the craft of robot-building and the inspiration behind Senna's efforts. Senna also talks about the challenges of building a WALL•E robot.

 

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Wall-e Progress - Almost Done

Published on May 10, 2012

This is a demonstration of my life size, remote control Wall-e's functions. He's not quite done yet, but is very close.

 

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Preliminary Eve Test

Published on Oct 6, 2014

This is the first test of the attachment system only. No floating effects of any kind or stabilization or automation.

 

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BB8 Build

Published on Jun 19, 2015

Mike Senna's BB8 build. It's a crude control version 1. Some things need replacing, others modified and dialed in.
This awesome video was shot by my daughter Justine Senna.

 

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Version 1 drive system test

Published on Nov 6, 2015

Version 2 is in the works.

 

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BB8 Remote Control on a fixed base

Published on Jan 21, 2016

 

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Baseless BB8 static mode

Published on May 5, 2016

This my BB8 without the base, in static mode. It had previously been bolted down to a 1 foot dia circular base.