“We wanted to bring the character to life, so we worked really closely with [Disney] to make sure ... Once you pair your robots and queue up a movie, R2D2, BB-9E, and whichever other droids ...

and said she thinks “it’s canon that R2-D2 is a lesbian,” referring to the companion robot characters in ... titled “R2D2 Is ...

The design was inspired by robots from pop culture like R2-D2 from "Star Wars" and Disney's "WALL-E." Chief operating officer Franck de Visme says BUDDY is especially helpful for children ...

Disney Research Team’s Child-Size Bipedal Walking Robot Earlier this week ... including J4-K3 (“Jake”) in 2017 and R2-D2 in 2020. In the case of R2, the astromech droid was flanked by ...