A custom Star Wars mini astromech droid, featuring realtime video and playable sound effects. Built on top of Mr. Baddeley's BB-R2 model. You can view the full project breakdown and images here.
- 3D Printed Chasis
- Based on BB-R2 model from Mr. Baddeley
- Live video feed
- Sound effect playback
- Rotating dome
- 2 drive servos
- Mobile browser control page
- tested on iOS Safari & Android Chrome browser
- Mobile hotspot
- Shares internet access if the droid itself is also connected to a network.
Almost all 3D-printed parts for this project are either modified from or are directly from Mr. Baddeley's BB-R2 mini droid kit, and must be downloaded from his Patreon page.
Modifications made to Mr. Baddeley's droid parts:
- Modeled a hole in the Astromech dome's eye to fit the camera.
- Modeled 1 front-dome LED hole.
- Modeled 1 rear-dome LED hole.
- Modeled small indents inside the dome to glue magnets for hats.
- Modeled a hole in the main body's back panel to fit a charging port.
- Drilled several speaker holes at the bottom of the body for the speaker to be mounted downward.
If you're looking for how to assemble the 3D printed parts from Mr. Baddeley's BB-R2 kit, see the BB-R2 Mechanical assembly instructions. Otherwise, see the build guides folder for details on each part of making the audio-video system for the droid.