Star Wars' new robot BB-8 on the stage

Posted by fidraj on Friday April 17, 2015 @10:05AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzjUf3E_0c

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Re:Star Wars' new robot BB-8 on the stage by ralfd on Friday April 17, 2015 @10:08PM (#9398081)

http://time.com/3826420/bob-iger-star-wars-sphero/ http://www.gosphero.com

It is Sphero, a startup making toys with flywheels. For example a spherical ball-thingy (sphero) you can move/control with your smartphone.

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Re:Star Wars' new robot BB-8 on the stage by SocksCanClose on Friday April 17, 2015 @12:16PM (#9395293)

Does anybody know the company they're talking about? Does the top piece use some sort of gyro-stabilized magnetic control system?

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Re:Star Wars' new robot BB-8 on the stage by codeulike on Friday April 17, 2015 @01:06PM (#9395651)

I would say the sphere has a counterweight system and separate magnet system to link with the head (because the robot is able to move its head to the side without moving when it needs to). I'd imagine there's magnets in the sphere and head, and the head has powerered wheels/rollers as well. Its a very sophisticated trick.

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Re:Star Wars' new robot BB-8 on the stage by codeulike on Friday April 17, 2015 @03:21PM (#9396593)

I hear that Neal Scanlan was involved in BB-8, so it might be his effects group - http://www.nsstudio.co.uk/index.htm

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Re:Star Wars' new robot BB-8 on the stage by JoeAltmaier on Friday April 17, 2015 @03:23PM (#9396605)

Too cute to tolerate.

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