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Terminé mi R2D2, usando las indicaciones de este link:
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I finish my R2D2...
Another Star Wars Triptych! On the left is the R2D2 that I bought way back in `77 or `78 with my paper route money. In the middle is McQuarries' original vision. And, on the right, a very new toy.
Star Wars characters in a new mini scale, made using a fusion of system, technic, and CCBS.
R2D2 is based off the recent polybag, but I decided to shrink him down to a 3x3x3 body size, and then reworked the legs. I'm pleased with how he turned out and think he fits the scale nicely.
C3P0 appears as a backpack for Chewbacca. I didn't really have enough gold elements to realistically build C3P0, but I wanted to include him somehow. Using the elements I had, I tried to make a very greebly gold backpack. The head is a bit too basic, especially compared to the other designs I'd put together, but I also didn't want to make it too large or else it would conflict with Chewbacca's head.
Today Sebastian Thrun, the head of the Stanford AI Lab, spoke on the probabilistic (R)evolution in robotics, and he showed several of his robots, culminating with the big one, Stanley, pictured above..
This is Stanford’s autonomous robotic vehicle that will compete in the DARPA Grand Challenge in October, racing across the desert at 30mph without any human intervention.
The roof is festooned with laser range finders and other sensors:
“The vehicle incorporates measurements from GPS, a 6DOF inertial measurement unit, and wheel speed for pose estimation. While moving, the environment is perceived through four laser range finders, a radar system, a stereo camera pair, and a monocular vision system.”
R2D2 at the Star Wars Identities Exhibition at the O2 in London
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Until now, I never noticed that American post office collection boxes were in the same shape as R2D2.
The United States Postal Service, which has recently been involving itself in promotional tie-ins with major commercial enterprises (thanks to the stupid idea of making it pay its own way back in 1971), is now involving itself with George Lucas's enterprise. Most such collaborations demean the Postal Service, in my opinion, but this one is harmless fun.
The USPS is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars movie in 1977, with a special souvenir stamp sheet due out next month. This must come as a shock to some serious film lovers, who regard the release of Star Wars as the moment Hollywood became enamored with special-effects blockbusters and thus took the road to perdition. (Nonsense. Star Wars was still an intelligent movie. Animal House ruined Hollywood because it kicked off an era of frat-boy/teen movies, but that's another Web page.)
Anyway, the Post Office has begun planting mailboxes with the image of the loveable droid R2D2 all over the country. This one was on FIfth Avenue in New York, and and it certainly caught my attention. But then, I'm a hapless suburbanite. The folks nearby, obvious New Yorkers to the core, can't be bothered to notice.
Perhaps the USPS should have put these mailboxes in suburban New Jersey, where nothing happens and people are more easily fazed. :-)