Here's BB-8, the Adorable Rolling Droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (polygon.com) 3 points by jasonostrander 11y ago ↗ HN
[–] jasonostrander 11y ago ↗ Thoughts on how they built this? [–] jasonostrander 11y ago ↗ My guess: a flywheel inside the ball to keep it stabilized, along with a motor and series of magnets to move the "head" around. [–] ralfd 11y ago ↗ Sure, but how exactly? If I hadn't seen the video I would have guessed a practical prop impossible.Mashable has an article about it, but they too have some hand-wavy-magnet explanation.http://mashable.com/2015/04/16/star-wars-bb8-technology/Too bad there is no discussion on hn or reddit about the workings.
[–] jasonostrander 11y ago ↗ My guess: a flywheel inside the ball to keep it stabilized, along with a motor and series of magnets to move the "head" around. [–] ralfd 11y ago ↗ Sure, but how exactly? If I hadn't seen the video I would have guessed a practical prop impossible.Mashable has an article about it, but they too have some hand-wavy-magnet explanation.http://mashable.com/2015/04/16/star-wars-bb8-technology/Too bad there is no discussion on hn or reddit about the workings.
[–] ralfd 11y ago ↗ Sure, but how exactly? If I hadn't seen the video I would have guessed a practical prop impossible.Mashable has an article about it, but they too have some hand-wavy-magnet explanation.http://mashable.com/2015/04/16/star-wars-bb8-technology/Too bad there is no discussion on hn or reddit about the workings.
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[ 0.22 ms ] story [ 15.3 ms ] threadMashable has an article about it, but they too have some hand-wavy-magnet explanation.
http://mashable.com/2015/04/16/star-wars-bb8-technology/
Too bad there is no discussion on hn or reddit about the workings.