"Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens", action adventure fantasy film, J.J. Abrams, 2015, USA

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 2 PART 7*, Head Details & Electronics

Published on Dec 15, 2015

Sorting out some of the head details and electronics using an Arduino Gemma and Neopixles.

 

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Making a Working BB-8 Droid Replica!

Published on Dec 17, 2015

Ever since BB-8 first made its appearance in the first Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser, droid builders have been trying to figure out how to make their own working replica. We visit the shop of Mike Senna, veteran robot builder, to follow his progress creating his own BB-8.

Follow Mike's droid builds at sennasr2d2.blogspot.com

Find the BB-8 Builders Club at bb8builders.club

 

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Could NASA Use The Star Wars Droids? Roboticist Explains

Published on Dec 17, 2015

We all love BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO (well, mostly), but are the Republic's rag-tag hero droids fit for the real-world space trials of NASA? JPL Roboticist Brett Kennedy explains why one droid is cut above the rest for space utility!

 

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BB-8 Visits the Museum

Published on Dec 18, 2015

At a museum not so far, far away, BB-8 made friends with the most unlikely characters. Watch as his adventure unfolds, and may the force be with you this holiday season!

 

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BB-8 Showdown: Sphero vs Hasbro vs Disney

Published on Nov 17, 2015

It's BB-8 versus BB-8! And another BB-8! Which one will survive?

We're comparing the Sphero and Target exclusive Hasbro remote control BB-8 toys, plus Disney Store's BB-8 which is not remote controlled but still fun and easy to operate for little kids.

 

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Building BB-8

Published on Nov 13, 2015

This is my progress on building a life-sized version of BB-8 from Star Wars Episode VII. BB-8’s head appears to float on top of a rolling ball body. To achieve this effect, I designed my version of BB-8 with two robots that work together. One robot balances on top of the ball and another, inside the ball, provides the motion. Each robot is controlled by a BeagleBone Black and programmed in Python.

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 2 PART 8*, Ball LEDs & Opening Panels

Published on Dec 28, 2015

Putting the LEDs in the ball and installing the ball panel-middles with two opening hatches.

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 2 PART 9*, Testing Driving & CAD/Code Release

Published on Jan 4, 2016

Testing my BB-8 at a UK R2-D2 Builders Club meet, also discussing the CAD and Code release for the project

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 2 PART 10*, Painting, Detailing & Finishing

Published on Jan 7, 2016

The last part of my BB-8 V2, painting, detailing and finishing. Check back for version 3!

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 1*, Intro and Discussion

Published on Jan 14, 2016

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 2*, Main Ball and Internal Hub

Published on Jan 21, 2016

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 3*, Side to Side Axis

Published on Feb 4, 2016

This is version 3 of my BB-8 build. This time I'm sorting out alignment of my internal hub and starting the side to side axis.

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 4*, Flywheel and some testing

Published on Feb 18, 2016

Using a Lazy Susan bearing to mount the flywheel and test clearance.

 

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Amazing Rolling Lego BB-8 !!

Published on Feb 22, 2016

This BB-8 Prototype offers a Rolling BB-8 that uses 100% Genuine Lego Parts including magnets and weights to keep BB-8's Head on top while he rolls. He would come with attachable arms, and a base station that helps demonstrate his rolling ability.

The Prototype is 100% existing Lego parts. If the idea gets 10K votes at ideas.lego.com, and Lego approves it, Lego would certain create the custom printed shell pieces.

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 5*, Head Control Arm

Published on Mar 4, 2016

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 6*, Head Frame Assembly

Published on Mar 11, 2016

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 7*, Electronics #1

Published on Mar 17, 2016

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 8*, Electronics #2 Stability Testing

Published on Mar 25, 2016

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 9*, Driving with the Head on!

Published on Mar 31, 2016

 

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XRobots - Star Wars BB-8 Droid *VERSION 3 PART 10*, Flywheel Activation and Testing!

Published on Apr 8, 2016