We started this project during the pandemic, back in 2020 as project for my kids.

Today R2D2 gave it’s first baby steps on the house. Lot’s of work ahead handling obstacles, video recognition, among others… but a lot of fun!

R2D2 vision camera while walking the house.

Interior of the tube. Raspberry Pi 3. Servo Motor Conroller. Voltage regulator and battery.

My kids practicing some soldering….

Part 1 is documented here: https://vivani.net/2020/04/27/raspberry-pi-java-r2d2-robot-part-1/

Java code available here: https://github.com/hvivani/Robotics/tree/master/R2D2