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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.
C-3PO, R2-D2 and all the droids from the Star Wars franchise (since 1977 for the main canon, 1976 for the Expanded Universe) Robot Overlord from the 1977 Italian film Cosmos: War of the Planets; Alien robot army threatens Earth in Starship Invasions. (1977) Aliens' robot army invades Earth in the Italian film War of the Robots. (1978)
Droids R2-D2 (left) and C-3PO (right), first featured in Star Wars. In the Star Wars space opera franchise, a droid is a fictional robot possessing some degree of artificial intelligence. The term is a clipped form of "android", [1] a word originally reserved for robots designed to look and act like a human. [2]
Missing from the gallery is the Star Wars R2-D2 Interactive Robotic Droid from Thinkway Toys. As the holidays approaches, its safe to say these items will be flying off the shelves. More on AOL.com:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts a future with personal robots like R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars. Huang referenced the droid duo during an appearance at T-Mobile's Capital Markets Day.
Following on from the success of the BB-8 robot, Sphero has released a R2-D2 robot that is powered by Sphero technology. This is accompanied by an app which is available for iOS and Android (operating system) powered devices. [24] The R2-D2 droid, unlike the BB-8 and Sphero droids is not inductively charged, instead, a micro-USB connection is used.
Another parallel to the modern world is the use of robots in Star Wars for tasks not considered safe or acceptable for humans. Robots are also seen as a source of cutting human labour costs. [94] The Japanese radio control manufacturer Nikko developed a toy robot version of R2-D2, with more limited abilities than the R2-D2 has in the Star Wars ...
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