The droid K-2SO from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Lucasfilm Ltd December 14, 2016 Star Wars: Rogue One highlights an uncomfortable fact – military robots can change sides Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology Rebel fighters in the latest Star Wars movie are helped by a droid that was captured from the enemy and reprogrammed. Could that happen in real life with today’s autonomous weapons?
BB-8 (left) is a new droid addition to the Star Wars universe. Disney December 18, 2015 Star Wars: these could be the droids we’re looking for in real life Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology The droids in the Star Wars universe often play a key role in the movies. But how close are they to some of the real robots in our own universe?
‘I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations. And this is my counterpart R2-D2.’ Gordon Tarpley December 17, 2015 How long until we can build R2-D2 and C-3PO? Mary Ellen Foster, University of Glasgow No Star Wars movie would be complete without the Universe’s two favourite droids. But now the race is on to turn them into fact.