Stealthy control
For a long time I've wanted to make a much more stealthy method of control. When I first started R2, I'd considered using a Wii remote and nunchuck, but I…
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September 24, 2018
Upgraded foot drives
So, after Legoland in May, and again at MCM Manchester, R2's wheels have been scrubbed clean of all tread clear down to the plastic hubs. The first set of Banebot…
August 16, 2018
Code refactor
The last few days have been spent doing some fairly major refactoring and other code improvements. I wanted to add functionality for the FlthyMcNasty HP control systems and realised as…
July 10, 2018
Update and Roadmap
After a busy, busy May, June has been a bit more relaxing. May was filled with events, not just with R2, and pretty much drained my (and R2's) batteries. Got…
June 29, 2018
BB8 build
Not happy with just having an R2D2, I've decided to also build a BB8. :) The BB8 Builders Club is an offshoot of the R2 Builders Club, with many of…
March 9, 2018
Release 1.0 of r2_control
After a few false starts and more or less total rewrites, I have decided that the core functionality of r2_control deserves a 1.0 release. https://github.com/dpoulson/r2_control/releases/tag/1.0 The last few updates have…
January 31, 2018
Omnis and center foot
As mentioned in my previous post, R2's current main upgrade is to the center foot. The main parts to improve are the wheel, the shell, and the ankle attachment to…
January 28, 2018
Weekend of code enhancements
The temperature is getting low, and after spending most of saturday getting numb fingers and feet whilst working on R2's center foot, I decided to do some much warmer work…
November 27, 2017
Working on the new center foot
The main issue R2 has at the moment is a rather dodgy center foot. For a start off, the shell is actually structural which I don't like. The shell is…
November 25, 2017
Birmingham MCM, MOT, and Tier 2.
This weekend was R2's first official outing with the UK R2 Builders. We were invited to attend Birmingham MCM Comic Con with the UK Garrison, an arm of the 501st…
November 21, 2017