Differently from the small black droids that you have seen in the Star Wars saga, the mouse droid by Potent Printables acts as a sort of physical messaging app. It’s able to travel to the correct location, then pop open to unveil a scrolling LED sign. An Arduino Uno along with an Adafruit Motor Shield are used for control,…
One of the best parts of Solo: A Star Wars Story is the L3-37 droid, who’s been uniquely pieced together and upgraded from parts of other droids. The maker Patrick Stefanski has essentially done the same thing to turn Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant into a desktop version of L3-37 who answers to your beck and call. The customizability of Amazon’s Echo…
Maker Adi Singh recently wrote an Instructable to build an expanding Death Star Lamp starting from a popoular Ikea lamp. This amazing creation is also controlled with your voice. This is possible thanks to an Arduino MKR1000 SBC embedded in the lamp which takes voice commands via Alexa. A stepper motor is tasked with opening…
To mark the release of “Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi”, MyMiniFactory has taken a break from its Christmas contests and collated the best Star Wars-themed 3D printable models in its community. A short selection of 3D Printing Industry’s favourite models should be the following: An icon of the original Star Wars trilogy, the…
The Star Wars saga, created by George Lucas and started 40 years ago with the first Star Wars movie, has fascinated and somehow amused more than a generation; many successful movies have been proposed to the public in trilogies, the last of which being the sequel trilogy that gave us the first and most…
Alejandro Clavijo, together with his father Jerónimo, spent two years building the first official fan-made model of the R4-P17 Star Wars droid. In the Star Wars saga, R4-P17 was the robot companion to the young Obi-Wan Kenobi. The replica is made of aluminum and wood, and runs on four Arduino boards. Impressively, the project has also been approved by…
Star Wars fans will be really excited about the opportunity to turn a dream into reality. Through this “tractor beam” you are able to move small objects using sound waves, in the comfort of your own home — at least if you own a 3D printer. The research assistant Asier Marzo and his physicists team of…
The Maker and MIT aerospace engineer Adam Woodworth did this incredible drone, replicating the imperial drone with engine special effects too. Amazing! Over the past decade or so, I’ve been building a new RC airplane every month or so. Some are big, some are small, but all of them are unique. Building is my favorite part of…
James Bruton of XRobots managed to create not one, not two, but three fully-functional and entirely impressive 3D printed BB-8 droids, with each one getting better than the last. Bruton’s first 3D printed BB-8 was based on just two seconds of footage from the very first Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. Understandably, he didn’t…
For all the Star Wars lovers, especially those that liked the Episode VII, a must DIY project from DFRobot blog: the home made BB8 Droid! Today, I’m going to teach you how to build a working, life-sized, phone-controlled Starwars BB-8 droid! In this tutorial, we are only going to use household materials and a little…
May the Force be with you! Great project dedicated to all of us born in the “Star Wars saga” years. If you dreamed to be a Jedi or a Sith, now you can purchase on Kickstarter the spare parts to build your own laser-sabre and all the accessories to be a perfect cosplayer! Still 10…
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