Showing how the droid travels, and how the head articulates. A second video followed, this time getting inside BB-8’s head. In addition to the obligatory array of blinking LEDs, it houses the ...

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An curved arrow pointing right. As the lead droid in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," BB-8 is a fully functioning robot that became an instant favorite among fans. Soon, you'll be able to get your ...

Despite quite a few articles stating Sphero was behind the technology that made the real movie BB-8 droid, like this Tech Crunch article: Sphero, makers of the eponymous spherical robots that ...

Star Wars The Force Awakens isn't even out yet, but we've already got a favourite character - meet the BB-8 Droid. If you didn't know better, from watching the trailer you'd think the little robot ...

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BB-8, Poe Dameron's personal droid, abided by similar logic in that he performed tasks far beyond the expected capabilities ...

It makes it clear that the time has come to once again blast off with Poe Dameron and BB-8. There’s no connection like the one between a man and his droid, that’s for sure. And it sounds like ...

30 years after the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire, Rey, a scavenger from the planet Jakku, finds a BB-8 droid that knows the whereabouts of the long lost Luke Skywalker. Rey, as well as a ...