The unofficial BB-8 toys that makers have been building were based off of the Sphero toy but as it turns out the officially released one is not. As it turns out it was a team from Creature Animatronics who created the toy for Disney, a team recently talked about because of their large sized hexapod robot. If you haven't picked one up yet you have at least heard about it in your travels on the net today and as it turns out we do not know all the tricks it will be capable of yet. According to Disney they will release more features for the app that interfaces with the robot as the release of The Force Awakens gets closer. Check out the links at Hack a Day for more information.
"As it turns out, it was actually built in Pinewood by the Creature Animatronics (CFX) team which includes [Matt Denton] — He’s the guy who built the Mantis Robot. A hacker / engineer — not a big toy company."
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What the hell *is* that
What the hell *is* that thing?! It looks like an R2D2 head on a soccer ball.
The Japanese have had robots
The Japanese have had robots like this for a while!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/29/japan_develops_squad_of_robot_cheerleaders_which_ride_on_balls/
From a tech perspective, the
From a tech perspective, the Japanese toys are a lot cooler because they are actually balancing on top of the balls and doing coordinated movement. On the other hand, robot cheerleaders are super creepy compared to Star Wars droids.
Those robot cheerleaders are
Those robot cheerleaders are now in my nightmares. They commin ta get us!
“…based off of the Sphero
“…based off of the Sphero toy but as it turns out the officially released on is not. As it turns out it was a t…”
Really?
some days are more coherent
some days are more coherent than others