Origin of Cool » robot http://www.originofcool.com The birth of cool in locations around the world Tue, 07 May 2013 17:02:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 R2-D2 Replica Robot At Austin Maker Faire http://www.originofcool.com/r2-d2-replica-robot-austin-maker-faire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=r2-d2-replica-robot-austin-maker-faire http://www.originofcool.com/r2-d2-replica-robot-austin-maker-faire/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:38 +0000 David Lowe http://www.originofcool.com/?p=5576 I met Jamie McShan at the Austin Maker Faire last week and immediately fell in love with his R2-D2 replica robot (spot the Star Wars geek!). Jamie lives in Dripping Springs, Texas and started building Star Wars‘ favorite robot in August 2008. He completed construction in June 2010. His creation is flawless and even plays “The Cantina Theme” from the original Star Wars. Check out this interview I did with Jamie:

R2-D2 Star Wars replica robot

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