Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Star Wars' BB-8
Released on 04/13/2016
[Narrator] BB-8 was birthed like many great works
of engineering before him
as a crude sketch on the back of a napkin.
Director J.J. Abrams drew two circles
one on top of another
with a tiny dot for an eye.
Basic, but the core concept was there.
In total, the team made seven BB-8 droids
for various uses.
It took twelve people four months
to complete the work.
The BB-8 versions include a stunt BB-8
and a bowling ball version,
in case they needed a madcap BB-8
to whiz through the frame.
Puppeteer BB-8, a functional robot
operated by up to three roboticists.
There was also a lightweight BB-8
which could be carried by the actors if necessary.
He weighs approximately 40 pounds
and stands at two feet two and a half inches tall.
That makes him shorter than R2-D2.
His head swivels a full 360 degrees,
and he has six swapable circular tool-bay disks.
When he does get going, watch out
because his top speed is just under 7 miles per hour.
You may think BB-8 is powered by pure cuteness
but its N-I-M-H batteries might be part of the equation.
It takes two hours to fully charge him.
Speaking of high powered machines,
the Japanese Airline ANA has decked out
three commercial jets in Star Wars livery
including one plane themed after BB-8.
BB-8 uses a gyroscope to determine which way is down
and two wheels to move the sphere from inside.
The base plate serves as a counterweight,
to keep the wheels acting against the lower half
of the sphere.
Yeah, that might be an over-explanation.
Some machines are just a couple spheres
on top of each other with some wires inside.
Thanks, J.J.
(droid beeping)
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