It may not be as amazing as one made out of aluminum, and you won’t be able project video with it, but in a day where all news is going to be about you know what, maybe it’s time to take a deep breath ...

Having spent almost two years putting together his to-scale R2D2 – complete with authentic sound effects – Victor Franco is now attempting perhaps an even tougher challenge: documenting the whole ...

Rolling out of bed and grabbing a morning coffee is a pretty important routine in many households. Naturally, it only makes sense to tinker with the machine which provides you with you caffeine fix.

There has never been an R2-D2 toy quite like this. Sphero, the company that helped bring the scene-stealing BB-8 to life in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and then delivered a tiny, but lively BB-8 ...

Not far below the dream of owning a real lightsaber is the fantasy of every earthbound Jedi—owning one’s very own R2-D2. And if that droid can roll around and bring beer on command, all the better.

A star is born! We learn how R2D2, the robot in Star Wars, got his name and why he's such a beloved character. This story originally aired May 25 on Weekend Edition Sunday. Now we will attempt to ...

Ophthalmologists come in all shapes and sizes. But this tiny Robotic Retinal Dissection Device (aptly named "R2D2"), is the smallest we've seen so far. What's more, it operates from inside a single ...

R2-D2, the robot in Star Wars, is the subject of an article in Smithsonian Magazine. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to the author, Clive Thompson, about how R2-D2 became such a beloved robot. MARTIN: We're ...