Engineering student builds Star Wars droid with lawn mower battery

Engineering student builds Star Wars droid with lawn mower battery

Disney’s BD-X droids have become a major attraction for Star Wars fans visiting Galaxy’s Edge. The small robots wobble through the parks with lifelike movements, reacting to guests and showing emotion through body language rather than speech. Disney has kept the technology closely guarded, leaving fans with little chance of seeing how the machines actually work. That exclusivity pushed one engineering student to build his own version from scratc…

A Student Engineer Built His Own Walking Star Wars Droid

Kayden Knapik set out to copy one of Disney’s BD-X droids from the Star Wars areas in their parks. He had no big budget and only basic robotics experience when he started his bachelor’s thesis project. The finished machine walks on two legs, turns on command, keeps its balance even when nudged, and moves its [...]