How the BB-8 Sphero Toy Works
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- In 2015 we visited the workshop of Mike Senna, a droid builder who has made his own R2-D2 and Wall-E robots. Mike's next project is recreating the BB-8 droid featured in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens! We discuss what's known so far about how BB-8 was built for the film, how a remote-controlled model could be built, and take apart a BB-8 Sphero to see if we can learn anything from the small-scale toy!
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Mike Senna ALSO made a working BB-8 Droid Replica! Watch here: th-cam.com/video/DUTbvXJg_P0/w-d-xo.html
You’re a fucking idiot
This is just a little advice for the people in this channel. You have great content but when interviewing people you should do less talking and more asking and listening. Make your guests the focus more. They spend most of the time listening to the interviewer here. Just trying to help.
Yeah, it's really annoying!
+Ron Jaxon Was about to say the exact same thing. If you've got an expert, let him talk.
+Ron Jaxon I agree, but Norm is very, very good at taking little bits of information from people who aren't very good at interviewing and elaborating on it, asking prodding questions, and the like. It sounds like he's stealing the spotlight, but usually he's very good at explaining what he already knows to the audience and getting the things that need to come from someone else out of the interviewees.
441meatloaf
so much this.
+441meatloaf This is what was annoying me the most. Basically him explaining to the guy who already probably knows how it works.
I just want to hear the guy talk about his work, and the interviewer is just spouting off.
It would be better if there was a separate commentary if he really wanted to say something.
This whole video was a bit redundant, because Norm could have done this on his own and basically gotten the same result.
What all the comments are saying :
LET HIM TALK!
Love them or hate them they’re spitting facts rn
Why did they visit Mike if norm was going to do all the talking? I wanted to see more of that guy.
You must be new to the channel
Been here for years. I just notice how much norm interrupts people and doesn't let then talk more as time goes on.
its unbelievably annoying isnt it? especially when its will and norm on the screen and they seem to try and battle over who talks the most or interrupts someone the most
+Beardhunter Norm just tries to hard to show how much he knows, or attempt to cut them off so he can answer first
Yep. I wonder is he aware of it himself. Someone must have mentioned it to him at some point.
Wait......if you make one of these 1000 times bigger.......you could make the gyrosphere from jurassic world
+Lightsaber Phoenix KATAMARI DEATH SPHERE FTW!
+Lightsaber Phoenix huh...
+Lightsaber Phoenix Well I don't see why not. It would be very very heavy though. I mean imagine the weight it would have to have on the bottom!
+Mr. Nat A good bit, but less the weight of a fat nerd such as myself :D I'm all the weight it'll need. Now can I register it with the department of motor vehicles?
Nineunbuffed I sure can't say the same for myself! I'm the underweight nerd type. xP
Is that Wolverine's hair style?
+reytheboy Thank god someone else noticed it...
+reytheboy hi 5
+reytheboy Paulie from The Sopranos
+reytheboy Ace Ventura Pet Detective.
That was my immediate thought.
7:07 his fucking enthusiasm is through the fucking roof.
GREAT SCOTT
For me this is MUCH better than american science entertainment TV programs with all the "whoa! awesome! let's do that!".
+Milky Mike - Home of the Console War well how would you react: holy shit it fits...!!! has science gone too far?
+AcTivePlayZ it was more lower case.
+Milky Mike - Home of the Console War well, he might not have wanted to break a toy bb that he only just got given
Norm is that annoying kid in class shooting his hand up to answer every question. Christ let someone else talk for once .
+Nick funny but true and hey aint nothing wrong with that, that was me in elementary
+Nick Still better than Will.
+Nick What's worse is that he states the obvious like he was someone envious of people with triple digit IQ's.
+Robert Evans Like me? I have 144.
Nick I subscribe
Norman please let the experts talk. I understand you're excited, but please calm down.
Well if he talked much from the start of the vid and then the rest of Mike talking. I agree if that would happen. The half of the vid for norman, and the other half for Mike.
Nah, I come to this channel for norm, not some roboexpert 😤
Norm interviews a genius in robotics, than wont let the guy speak and instead tries to explain everything himself.
+sum gt I was thinking exactly the same thing! You're a nice guy Norm, but please, let the guy you're interviewing talk!
+sum gt
**then**
your right
sum gt So true, beyond annoying... Almost unwatchable
But
Bb8
The dude acted like he knew more than the expert.
He always does. It bothers me so much
I like Music typical Asian they lack social and English skills but are “good” in mathematics. He kept repeating the same shit over and over.
The interviewer is pretty full of himself. "so what do you think is the reason for the wobbling of it?" "Well I can't see any mechanical stableness" "That's right, I knew that and now I'm going to give you a lecture on how to make the perfect sandwich".
Louie Wilkinson ahaha
Wow, Wolverine has really let himself go.
😁
And became Asian?
+Matthew Tom oh my fuck so damn technical
Lol
Madnice lm
Mike that the best hair in the world.
+Kipah i know he kinda looks like a TEKKEN fighter suits him
+Kipah kinda wolverine...
Perv God It's simply a typo. There is no hole in my grammar that causes me to think 'that' is interchangeable with 'has'.
omg some ppl are exited to get back to a comment dont fucking judge other on such stupid shit, like thats the best you can do ? jump at the sign of miss spelling ? get a life dude word up' ! one thing for sure you got the point tho despite the fact that it was misspelled huh ? message conveyed
+Kipah It's like combover Wolverine.
why wont the interviewer let the expert talk
Sometimes to be an interviewer u must interrupted the guest talking because to avoid extra time or to avoid they talking out of topic (just in case). Sometimes the producer put the headphones to interviewer so the producer can give instructions when the interviewer must interrupted the talk to allow commercial break or to avoid extra time.
I thought it was just a tiny mindcontrolled hamster inside
+Quinten0409 It works just like that though :)
+Navyle nah thats the Hasbro version ;)
+lukesuperflyjones hasbro is not allowed to put moving parts that are active unless it is sand
warning: do not watch this video unless you are old enough, there are naked robots in this video, please watch with caution
LOL XD
LOL . At least the robot was not too embarrassed about it. Must have been 18 instead of 8.
here hold this L.
my guess as to why the shell was so thick is so it could create more distance between the magnets causing less friction during movement. This is probably why it was so wobbly when they put it in the clear shell.
+Jacob Carlson (Check Out Jacob) why wouldn't they just use weaker/smaller magnets, then?
You'll have to ask them :-)
The original sphero has the same thickness, that thing is practically invincible.
+dporiua Yeah, it's probably just for protection
Durability. For example, the Hasbro BB8 (this video is on Sphero) snaps if it falls an inch. This guy's head falls off during a long fall, but other than that it just keeps rolling.
he acts like he's an expert in front of an expert this guy knows this stuff already !
I agree with everyone else when they said to let Mr. Senna talk. We know that Norm has a basic knowledge of robotics but we want to hear the person being interviewed actually speak on something that he is very knowledgeable at.
+Artistjm thats what i was wondering. which one was the guest? reporter needs to shut his mouth or find something different to do
lnterviewer interview himself as expert. Let Mike talk. Damm
10:05 fucking creeper lookin through yo windos hide yo bb-8s
I know right wtf.
that was the real reporter before this guy hijacked the interview
.o. I must hide my WiFi too
guynumber20 lol yeah
This is one of the reasons why I don't like Tested that much. They always got interesting topics and they knew a lot. But Norm seems talks too much even with Will.
Qing Yao i
Damn Malaysian boy, let the man talk. You were basically interviewing yourself.
+gary gavina norman is malaysian??
Davyd Lin older videos in 2011 he mentioned it.
darkliberty Yea me too, I'm sure everyone else wanted to hear Mike talk more. It is what it is.
Heh. You're right. We could have learned almost anything from him if most of the vid is about Mike explaining ang blah blah. But instead, I keep hearing Norman BLAH BLAH
Wow someones racist and quick to hate
The Host should've just explained this to us by himself rather than having an expert and not letting him talk. tss. :/
"be real careful"
punches it
i love this guy
AND HIS NAME IS MIKE SENNA (doo doodoo doo! doo doodoo doo!)
Yay, someone else thought of this lol
but not me.
does this hair comes with retractable claws?
You should've let Asian Wolverine talk more.
Once again, Norm canNOT keep his hands to himself, and has to touch/pick up things he's not meant to.
At 49 yo I`ve just realised I`m a nerd,better late than never.
+Phil G 54 and more proud to be a nerd than ever before!
+Phil G Enjoy.
+Dillon Flannery
Lives in a different time zone?
:D
I think it's hilarious that every person Norm talks to is just like can you stop being the way you are 😂
anyone else seen xRobots BB-8 droid. done differently but still cool.
+James Bruton (XRobots) lol hi james
+brandonhughes7
Yes, this was my first thought when watching this video "Why didn't they mention the BB-8 build by XRobots?"
+brandonhughes7 I love Bruton's channel!
I want to see one modified to look like Bigweld. I mean, it's so obvious.
didnt know wolverine was into star wars
The presenter needs to learn to let people talk...
But how does the hair of the man with the gray shirt works?!
+GilDev2 I'm dunno but i'm sure his claws would be made of adamantium and he has a super healing ability.
+GilDev2 you have to use Einsteins relativity equations for that.
Just a thought, the thicker shell could be there to slightly reduce the magnetic connection between the head and the tower inside the Sphero to allow for smoother movement. Which could explain why the Sphero BB-8 (with its new shell) weeble-wobbled more then it did with the original ball shell.
+Danon Alexander Could they not have just used a weaker magnet instead?
+Erlend Powell Ya, they could try changing out the magnets. However, it would be much easier to just add some layers of (for instance) scotch tape on top of the magnets; until the thickness of the scotch tape layers & the thickness of the clear shell are about equal. Then it should resume behavior.
Danon Alexander My point was that the original shell wouldn't have been thicker to reduce the magnetic field, because they would have been able to just use a weaker magnet when it was designed. In other words, the thickness probably served some other purpose.
Danon Alexander That said, you're probably correct that the new shell had issues due to the new distance from the magnet. Not sure how your scotch tape idea would help though...
+Erlend Powell You're right you could still switch out the magnet, however manipulating the thickness of the shell plastic is considerably easier to get the desired effect then to find a different magnet that would give the same desired behavior. & ya your right, scotch tape probably wouldn't be the best choice.
That guy has great mad scientist hair.
Thumbs up if the wall-3/r2d2 builder should build a real beemo
i love u
I know this has nothing to do with the droids.... BUT... Mike's hair is Beautiful XD
Asian Wolverin robot builder!
The expert thinked "when my time will come? let me talk". Uffff ! but Norman was soo excited..it's okay.. It happens..
I took my bb8 to school and everyone loved him lol 😂
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought the host talked too much. My gosh, how annoying!!!
BB-8 The name is so simple and genius in the same time. Perfect!
4:54 "If you're taking apart your BB-8 toy, you have to be real careful"
Goes immediately into a hammer fist
70% of comments: OMG his hair!
Other 30%: SHUT UP NORM
I figured out how bb-8 works..... It's a hamster, there is a hamster inside of it
"We're going to exercise some caution as well."
*Guy hits it with a fist*
7:19 anyone else see those pink lines? I'm guessing the camera they used is able to pick up certain wavelengths other than visible light
That's just light fragmentation or problems with the sensor. My broken iPhone camera does that to an extreme degree.
ah
Greatest haircut in the business!
He said “GREAT SCOTT” reminded me of Dr.Emet Brown
'we take our WALL-E's out'
I have been tempted to take my bb9e apart to see the internals, but not if I need to take to it with a band saw! I thought the 2 hemispheres of the body clipped together somehow, therefore I was thinking to employ a vacuum system to grip the hemispheres, to allow for a strong grip, that shouldn't damage the external details. Even after watching this, & now knowing what they look like on the inside, I still don't know how exactly the hemispheres are held together. Until I am sure, I think I will leave my bb be! 😁
Let us give also give some thought to the poor brave little bb8 who sacrificed his body for this video!😅
if ure the who do the all talking, there is no need to invite a guest to do bassically nothing
Wow, people need to be more understanding towards Norm. Sometimes when your excited you try to answer your own question, it just comes from a place of passion. It's hard to properly explain it.
It can be obnoxious, but don't turn to hate so fast. Place yourself in their shoes before you judge!
Wow, if you're gonna talk so much, buy your own and breaking it apart instead of wasting this man's day.
Great video, .. but I'm not sure I am happy I pulled back the screen and saw the wizard.
I have got a better design, just use instead of the inner rollers a couple of ball bearings all around in small dents with a layer of oil in an inner hull, to move it just get neodymium magnets around the outer hull and electronics in an inner hull to steer it around using electromagnets that push and pull against the neodeum magnets in the outer shell, In an inner shell the battery ( a large one might hold a lead super battery combination between a lead battery and a supercapacitor because weight does matter) you are moving the inner weight to make it move and refind its balance point please build one and show it here and as a thank you, you might mention me, anyway just build one.. so that the only point is keeping the head floating using these magnets and then another one inside that acts as a guide for the outer one if you place the magnets far away enough you might actually get a way of placing an inductive loader in... if you feel generous to send me a toy version one ass well I will be eternally thankful the neodeium magnets might also be used to keep the head afloat and if it contains some inner magent as a guide or maybe a stronger one it could literally float on magnets maybe with some electromagnet balancing system so than we get the movie effect of a real floating on magnets head that is also acting as a kind of impact cushioning, if the guide magent is used to get power to the head it will need to be an ac magent field and by using this field not only as a feeder but also to put a little data through we might get somewhere Go builders Go !!!
The body is basically a hamster in a ball?
i have this toy but the special edition in which the textures are super op and the force band too it is an amazing toy I play with it every other day
Can some one plaese tell me where i can get a clear shell that he has because when i search it up it gives me one the size of a bowling ball instead of tennis ball sized
how do you go to your barbershop and ask for a wolverine?
I wonder if it's possible to do all the 3D printing, and make a physical replica of the droid, but go total caveman on the internals. Like, no electronics at all. Just a weighted wheel/ball, with a stick and magnets to hold the head in place up top. So you could push him around and still have kinda the same effect.
Like, I can justify paying for a 3D printed BB-8 replica, because you pay for what you see. But I don't have the tools, knowledge, or resources to do any kind of fancy electronics work. I'd love to be able to own a semi-functioning BB-8 though. I think that'd be a great collector's piece.
But one thing is not right with this... in the movie the droid has (like R2-D2) openings with "drawers" in it... the drawers have to retract into the orb which would be like bulge on the inside! It may be that the inner Walls of the main body are way thicker then? But that would make it even harder to set in motion...
interesting and great episode. let the experts talk and just dumb it down if it gets to technical.
was this a interview ? dude, why didnt you just do a review if you wanted to be the main speaker?
Dude this guy talks to much. Let Mike Senna talk. Someone put duct tape on his mouth.
Stop talking so much In these videos. Ask more questions and let that actual experts talk about it. You're the interviewer, not the interviewee.
Next time use a jewelers saw to cut the sphere! Minimal kerf and lots of control. Good video.
Mike Senna is another george lucas he made lot of very incredible robotech that beyond our imagination he is awesome
who is the man on the right side going out of the door at 0.27? he looks like me! but im from austria and never been there!
It looks like. Worthy Of An Oscar. petite wail What's your opinion about that 11
my original idea was he has a balancing weight and there is a wheel shaped like a ball that moves the torso and theres a magnet in the body and under the head
This mans hair swoop makes him look quite flamboyant lol
0:38 "take our wall-e's out... and entertain people" xD
'we take our wallies out & entertain people'
This guy has the balls (pun intended) I often dream of whipping mine out & entertaining a crowd. :)
idk if its just me, but the construction of BB-8 seemed obvious but extremely cool!
Obviously Mike knows what he's talking about, so it would be nice if you stopped talking for him. Or even looking at him when you speak. If you're explaining stuff to us then look at the audience not the person whose workshop you visited. It's just disrespectful.
Mike knew everything that Norman said. He should've said something...
Dude looks like asian Michael Emerson
dude on the left rockin' a Wolverine hair style lol
Hey... Kid with the black T-shirt, What’s the deal with you? The other guy is the expert. We want to hear HIM. Also, you are no good at explaining this stuff brother.
NORM just keeps talking. Are u interviewing someone else or being interviewed?
Dude: asks question
Dude 3 seconds later: so anyway the reason for this is
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Neodmınyum yerıne likid nıtrojenle soğutmalı BSCCO Kullanılsa daha ıyı olmaz mıydı ?
They don't work anymore before all their batteries are dead and aren't replaceable. Thanks for adding more e-waste! 😒
BB-8 was the only good thing about the movie
James Bruton is also making a full size one and is making great progress, find his youtube channel and have a look ;)
"Hey! let's go visit a robotics expert and make him stand there while Norm gives an inadequate elementary explanation of how a toy works"
one of the issues of that BB-8 toy is the price $250.00 for that. Phone remote control BB-8 The batteries cannot be removed. Every one knows batteries dose fail. PCB dose fail. what can any one do? no repair service. buy a 2nd one and waste $250.00 plus shipping and tax again? NO THANKS PASS. Made in China not worth $250.00 .if you want a Andrioid Phone remote control droid? No problem I found one from UBISOFT online store from WATCH DOGS 2 product line what is known as WRECH JR ROBOT and its $90.00 a tone cheaper then $250.00 on WRECH JR ROBOT Batteries is not a problem, it was designed to be removed. all you do is go to like Walmart buy some 4 pack AA rechargeable battery with a 4 hour charger.There is battery cover under WRENCH JR 2 ROBOT,. and install the 4 AA rechargeable batteries that is charged wit the use of a plug in wall charger. and download the app for your ANDROID phone or ANDEROID TABLET. any high end brand will do. not the cheap brand names,. There is a serial number for the APP. I do not know why every droid or robot that needs a App for your Android phone need a serial number to download that stupid app and to activate it. SO STUPID! any way its STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID buying BB-8 that the batteries cannot be removed and its price $250.00 or buy something else for $90.00 that you can change your batteries Hear is the link store.ubi.com/us/watch_dogs-2--wrench-jr-robot/585a43e6adc724ae4c8b4567.html#q=watch+dogs+2&start=10 there is more th-cam.com/video/MhZm1bJOKrA/w-d-xo.html
when you realize bb-8 could be the child of r2d2 and death star
Could be.
Let the experts talk... i know that you are excited because you understand how it works by yourself (i did it to)... but let speak the people that designed.
For Kylo Ren, try Space Villain Voice Changer app on Google Play (android). And Darth Vader Voice Changer DTVC.
So, why didn't you show him a BB8 BEFORE assembly instead of breaking this one?
start at 4:25!!!!
i didn't know if wolverine was good at robotics
This would have being SOOOO much better if the popped a speaker in there for BB8s sounds, seems theres plenty of room for one
Hmm.. Why would you guys need to drive to all those "expert's" places/workshops in order to talk about the topic, when you could just stay at your guy's office and let Norm do all the talking, since he knows and explains everything by himself anyways? :D
Kinda annoying to hear only Norm talk over everything. Comes a little bit pretencious in my opinion.. :/