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R2-D2 (/ ˌ ɑːr. t uː ˈ d iː t uː /) or Artoo-Detoo [1] is a fictional robot character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas.He has appeared in ten of the eleven theatrical Star Wars films to date, including every film in the "Skywalker Saga", which includes the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy.
R2-D2 Short film, uncredited Sleeping Beauty: Elf [18] 1988 Willow: Nelwyn Band Member Uncredited [1] 1993 U.F.O. Giacomo Casanova: 1999 The King and I: Captain Orton Voice, credited as Ken Baker Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace: R2-D2 [1] [14] 2002 24 Hour Party People: Zookeeper Uncredited Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the ...
The former two vehicles became playable when a password was entered and R2-D2's beeps affirmed it, but the Naboo Starfighter required two consecutive codes, and R2-D2's sounds did not play after the first code. In 1999, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron won the Origins Award for Best Action Computer Game of 1998.
The Omnibot OOM was shaped like a standard Omnibot except with the addition of a spherical head, its remote controller including a basic form of voice-control. The Omniwagon was a remote controlled drive unit and wheels from an omnibot with a flat surface on top to carry objects. The unit could also follow routes drawn out in black tape. [3]
Benjamin Burtt Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer, film director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice actor.As a sound designer, his credits include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), WALL-E (2008), and Star Trek (2009).
A voice command device is a device controlled with a voice user interface. Voice user interfaces have been added to automobiles , home automation systems, computer operating systems , home appliances like washing machines and microwave ovens , and television remote controls .
Direct voice input (DVI), sometimes called voice input control (VIC), is a style of human–machine interaction "HMI" in which the user makes voice commands to issue instructions to the machine through speech recognition.
Stevie Wonder was an early adopter of the 2600 who had the control panel instructions labelled in Braille. Other early notable users included Pete Townshend, Joe Zawinul, and Herbie Hancock. [1] The sound designer Ben Burtt used an ARP 2600, combined with his own voice, to create the voice of R2-D2 in the Star Wars films. [6]