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Sphero, Inc. (formerly Orbotix) is an American consumer robotics and toy company based in Boulder, Colorado. Their first product, the Sphero, is a white spherical robot launched in December 2011 capable of rolling around under the control of a smartphone or tablet. [2] [3] A remastered version, the Sphero 2.0, was launched in August 2013. [4]
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.
Anthony John Dyson (13 April 1947 – 4 March 2016) was a British special effects designer, best-known for working on the R2-D2 droid props used in The Empire Strikes Back and subsequent films in the Star Wars film series.
In the film, BB-8 is a semi-automated robot, operated by remote control, unlike C-3PO (played by Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (played by Kenny Baker), who were portrayed by actual actors. The BB-8 toy is operated by remote control, [ 98 ] [ 99 ] but it also has some independent features, and shares its manner of movement and other features with ...
Entertainment Weekly 's Chris Nashawaty called BB-8 "that rolling gyroscopic weeble that, if possible, may out-cute R2-D2". [54] Ann Hornaday wrote in The Washington Post that "BB-8, a roly-poly little Wall-E of a creature, rolls, beeps and blinks with such puppy-ish charisma that R2-D2 and C-3PO might want to call their agents to make sure ...
R2-D2 is a fictional robot in the Star Wars franchise. R2-D2 or R2D2 may also refer to: R2d2 (mouse gene) Right 2 Dream Too, a homeless people's organization in Portland, Oregon, US; Phalanx CIWS, a naval defensive weapon system, nicknamed R2-D2; Staatstrojaner, a German state-sponsored trojan horse computer program, nicknamed R2-D2
The protocol droid meets his future companion, R2-D2, along with Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo and the Gungan Jar Jar Binks. C-3PO and R2-D2 help improve Anakin's podracer for the Boonta Eve Classic race, and C-3PO becomes part of Anakin's pit crew. C-3PO and Anakin part ways when Qui-Gon frees the boy from slavery and ...
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 ...