
This is how BB-8 works, straight from Sphero’s co-founder
2015年9月7日 · Really it’s our Sphero robot ball, a self-balancing, gyro-driven ball inside of there. And on the top of that it has keyed magnets, so one of them is positive and the other is …
BB-8 Is Real! But How Did They Do It? - Hackaday
2015年4月19日 · Is this what’s going on inside BB-8? No one knows for sure, but that won’t stop us from trying to figure it out! BB-8’s family tree may actually start with Sphero. Fortune reports …
Sphero BB-8 teardown reveals its robot tech inside the rolling ... - CNET
Unfortunately, there's no way to get inside the BB-8 without cutting through the hard, polycarbonate shell. I could have used a hacksaw or other blade, but chose to go with a rotary …
BB-8 | Wookieepedia | Fandom
2014年12月12日 · BB-8, sometimes spelled and pronounced Beebee-Ate and nicknamed BB, was a BB-series astromech droid who operated approximately thirty years after the Battle of …
How Does BB-8 Work?
BB-8 is an astromech droid that appears on Star Wars Episode VII - The Force Awakens. It has a ball shaped body and a domed head that resembles that of the R2 series droids, whose most …
How BB-8 Works In 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' - Forbes
2015年12月30日 · The basic principle for how BB-8 moves resembles what happens inside a hamster ball. In the plastic sphere, an animal's legs reach forward then pull its body along the …
Inside BB-8: how can the new droid of Star Wars roll?
2016年1月5日 · BB-8 is an astromech droid with a ball shaped body rolling independently from a domed head that reminds its colleague R2D2. The inquisitive and quirky character conquered …
How Does Star Wars’ BB-8 Work? - Engineering.com
2015年12月14日 · On the inside, BB-8 is basically the same as Sphero: a balancing robot housed in a spherical shell. Both devices use four wheels mounted on two rotary joints and one …
Inside the droid you've been looking for:Tear-down of the Sphero BB-8 …
2015年12月21日 · Inside, the main structure is a clear plastic frame that holds the circuit board, two motors and two Lithium batteries, a charging coil, and a plastic mast that sits on the frame. …
How the Real BB-8 Actually Works - Popular Mechanics
2016年7月19日 · One rig, called "the wiggler," was a full model mounted to a plate that could be buried in sand or affixed to the deck of the Millennium Falcon. It couldn't actually move from …