Maker Faire 2008: R2-D2 Builders

It's everyone's favorite droid! IEEE Spectrum talked with R2-D2 builder Steve Simmons at Maker Faire to find out how the Star Wars droids work. (For more, check out http://www.artoo-detoo.net/)

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[craz3ykiller]

lol did he say "hi im steve simmons and im a milf?.... um i mean a member of the R2`s builders group

plz reply if you think so.

[Breannalynn96]

can he fly



[michaelhviper]

Do Club Members pay fees to the Club like in the B9 Robot Builders Club?

[lightstarkadder]

r2d2 this is the codis vidyo evr

[rhinnawi95]

Would you look at that, 81 trekkies dislike this.

[subron6er]

That really cool, I built mine for around 600.00 bucks over 5 years, mostly wood, with an aluminum dome.... check it out at Steeljaws game room 2  neat video.. thanks Jeff

[reggaesofie]

haha cool i had one but its was voice controld 2000 $ that time :D

[AgrivatedKillah]

@craz3ykiller  Lmaoooo

[RodrickBurke]

GET_,`THE`.NEW--DROID,_~PHONE~­~~FREE¸_,

ｗｗｗ․GETDROIDFREE․TK



[XXXSilverSurferXXX]

@craz3ykiller

Ha ha ha, he's a milf. Effin great !

[saptos117]

How much i will buy you one when i have money but how much will cost one R2

[SqueekyStallion1]

Why the fuck is he shouting?

He knows a lot about a droid's guts but fuck all about microphones.