I noticed some of the commands your R2 follows or replies to are the same as the smaller Hasbro interactive R2 that I bought several years ago. Is the control software somehow derived from or inspired by that? Also, why is the buzzing sound produced before the motors are used? Nice work on the construction.
@jkirchman79 The commands are inspired by the Hasbro droid (as a demo :-)), but the software or hardware have nothing to do with the Hasbro droid whatsoever. No interactive droids were harmed in the making of this video :-) The buzzing sound is caused by the PWM modulated current that drives the motors. The sound stays the same (also the same level) regardless of drive speed, so when I slowly ramp up the speed, at first the droid doesn't move but the sound is already there.
yours is everything I hope mine will be....other than the legs what can be done to make them move as in the movie? I would love to make him do the waddle and be able to level out.
ZOMBIE FOX GAME they are most likely ESC related sounds. Judging by the sound at the standstill. Technically the motor is making the sound but the ESC is causing it with no stress.
Yeah, "Hatsune Miku"... Very mature. As a matter of fact, my beautiful wife fully supports my geeky hobbies. I'm the luckiest guy in the world :-) At least I make stuff and learn stuff and don't have to spend my time dissing random people on the Internet.
Can't really claim to understand you 100%... if you mean take it apart and put it in the dome, no, that won't work. It's too wide for the Radar Eye in its present form. You could theoretically put the IR camera in the Radar Eye and the projector somewhere else, but then you'd have to change the calibration in the firmware... NOT an easy task.
If i had the skills to build my very own R2 droid, i would make mine look exactaly just like R2-MK of Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios, because i like the red, black, yellow, and white colors according from photos that i have seen of the images of Google and Yahoo! and the "Jedi Mickey and his R2-MK droid at Star Wars Weekends" video here on RUclips, and i would build my R2-MK droid with both motion and sound sensors in the dome and body so that it would follow be when i walk and make the beeping sound when i talk to it without the use of an RC remote control!
i wasnt SOOO lazy that i MADEE you do it...you make it sound so dramatic, i was just wondering if you knew. i was friendly the whole time, but all of your responses from the start were just mean. you tell me happy holidays (and i know the reason/sarcasm) but every comment you made was not friendly, understanding, or anything, like i said your response from the begining couldve been, "o, about this much, sorry for the misunderstanding"
Blaze, please do not use my videos to advertise commercial sites. Also, my R2 was much less than $3805, and again much less than $1800 more for motors and electronics. Register at astromech(dot)net and look for "styrene droid building" to find out how.
Let me get this straight, you couldn't be bothered to do a Google search and multiplication so you required me to do it for you, and I'm the one who should be sorry for that, and who is a dick for pointing it out? Nice. Oh anyway, happy holidays.
It's behind the Large Data Port. Considerably restricts the viewing angle but it does fit.
I noticed some of the commands your R2 follows or replies to are the same as the smaller Hasbro interactive R2 that I bought several years ago. Is the control software somehow derived from or inspired by that? Also, why is the buzzing sound produced before the motors are used? Nice work on the construction.
when he starts recognising wall-sockets and recharging himself, then i'd be scared!
amazing work
Search for "R2-D2 2-3-2" here on youtube... You'll find a TON of REALLY impressive stuff.
Nice work man! I would love a lifesized model of R2 though...
very good work,this astromech droid are adorable ^ ^
how did you maake it
@jkirchman79 The commands are inspired by the Hasbro droid (as a demo :-)), but the software or hardware have nothing to do with the Hasbro droid whatsoever. No interactive droids were harmed in the making of this video :-)
The buzzing sound is caused by the PWM modulated current that drives the motors. The sound stays the same (also the same level) regardless of drive speed, so when I slowly ramp up the speed, at first the droid doesn't move but the sound is already there.
That is really cool
Nice work! Is the noise from the motor controllers as loud as it seems, or is it electrical (or just seems louder on the video)?
Great work! Btw, did you buy the droid body or build it from scratch?
that is amazing, I want to do this to my droid.
where did you place the kinect? I had a similar idea, but I didn't know how I would go about modifying the kinect to fit the round dome
I have a Question: Would it not be better to open up the connect and use its insides to put in the head with kinect viewer thing as the eye?
@Veraa65 No, actually the droid is heterosexual, judging from the way he wolf-whistles after Leia.
@Nomoreidsleft Built the body, legs, feet from scratch. The dome and most of the details I bought from fellow members of the R2 Builders Club.
The sound quality of r2d2 may needs a bit of an upgrade tuneup
is it big and how does it take to big that one
yours is everything I hope mine will be....other than the legs what can be done to make them move as in the movie? I would love to make him do the waddle and be able to level out.
Dude! Love your job. super amazing!!!!!
Did you make it so as Artificial intelligence AI gets better and better you can upgrade R2? Looks very nice,have fun with it.
It's people like these who are so smart to build their own R2 unit that make me feel like the dumbest guy on the planet. *_*
Haha same here
Dont worry, im the biggest idiot. So you dont need to worry.
how did you make him/her
Not for sale ;-) If you want one, build one yourself. It's not as hard as it looks.
Indeed. You have to build it yourself.
Them motors when R2 moves sound so stressed. Waiting for the smoke to come pouring out.
ZOMBIE FOX GAME they are most likely ESC related sounds. Judging by the sound at the standstill. Technically the motor is making the sound but the ESC is causing it with no stress.
The ferry droid looking at this :
Why did I deserved suffering
where can i buy a droid like this one???
Yeah, "Hatsune Miku"... Very mature. As a matter of fact, my beautiful wife fully supports my geeky hobbies. I'm the luckiest guy in the world :-) At least I make stuff and learn stuff and don't have to spend my time dissing random people on the Internet.
do you control it or does it do itself
Can't really claim to understand you 100%... if you mean take it apart and put it in the dome, no, that won't work. It's too wide for the Radar Eye in its present form. You could theoretically put the IR camera in the Radar Eye and the projector somewhere else, but then you'd have to change the calibration in the firmware... NOT an easy task.
love it !
If i had the skills to build my very own R2 droid, i would make mine look exactaly just like R2-MK of Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios, because i like the red, black, yellow, and white colors according from photos that i have seen of the images of Google and Yahoo! and the "Jedi Mickey and his R2-MK droid at Star Wars Weekends" video here on RUclips, and i would build my R2-MK droid with both motion and sound sensors in the dome and body so that it would follow be when i walk and make the beeping sound when i talk to it without the use of an RC remote control!
i ment how much does it coast to make in US dollars, i didnt want to buy this one
I guess on the whole about 3000-4000€ went into him.
i wasnt SOOO lazy that i MADEE you do it...you make it sound so dramatic, i was just wondering if you knew. i was friendly the whole time, but all of your responses from the start were just mean. you tell me happy holidays (and i know the reason/sarcasm) but every comment you made was not friendly, understanding, or anything, like i said your response from the begining couldve been, "o, about this much, sorry for the misunderstanding"
how much did it cost you to make him? or her haha
C3PO watched this video
cool! just a little more tinkering and work, and you get an actual replica of the r2d2 in the movie(a droid, not an actor).
+real dill
Did you know that your profile picture, hatsune miku is a robot? I don't thing you should be judging now.
Dat droid :-)
nowhere.
Its not fast for a M5
Too lazy to google the $ to € exchange rate? :-)
1$ is about 0,76€, so that would make my quote about $2300-3000.
Us dollars??
I am throwing my money at the screen but nothing's happening!
Blaze, please do not use my videos to advertise commercial sites.
Also, my R2 was much less than $3805, and again much less than $1800 more for motors and electronics. Register at astromech(dot)net and look for "styrene droid building" to find out how.
Dear santa...
Because it's not R2-D2, who is blue, but R2-M5 (or R2-D1, depends on what naming convention you follow), who is red. Yeah I know, pure geekery ;-)
...and I couldn't even do it right. 3000-4000€ is 4000-5300$. Sorry for that one.
*government. *their.
Also, better lay off the kool-aid, man. It's making you spout drivel.
Us Germans are obviously the smartest race. Us and the Jews.
noisly motors!!!
use sinuosidal signal for motors not squar signale
bleufant
Let me get this straight, you couldn't be bothered to do a Google search and multiplication so you required me to do it for you, and I'm the one who should be sorry for that, and who is a dick for pointing it out? Nice.
Oh anyway, happy holidays.
Dude, seriously. Stop spamming my video with this crap and start taking your meds again.