{"id":15335,"date":"2023-09-04T16:26:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=15335"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:49:24","slug":"how-does-bb-8-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2023\/09\/04\/how-does-bb-8-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does BB-8 Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BB-8 is an astromech droid that appears on Star Wars Episode VII &#8211; The Force Awakens. It has a ball shaped body and a domed head that resembles that of the R2 series droids, whose most popular unit is R2-D2. BB-8&#8217;s body rolls independently from the head, which always stays near the vertical axis of the droid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the R2 series, BB-8 also fits in the droid socket of an X-Wing starfighter. Specifically the T-70 x-Wing fighter model used by the Resistance thirty years after the Battle of Endor. Despite what most people thought before the movie was released, BB-8 is owned by Resistance&#8217;s pilot Poe Dameron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A problem that I have learned more about is how troubling different geological areas can affect transport. Whether it be extreme temperatures or rugged land structures, our environment plays a huge role in how we transport injured people. So there is always the question of whether walking by foot, flying people, or driving people out of harm&#8217;s way is the best choice. With BB-8 technology though it poses a question of whether or not we can have robots and AI autonomously bring injured soldiers to safety without the use of drones or putting other people in harm&#8217;s way. What makes this so interesting is its ability to move in any direction and adapt to its terrain with its sphere shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary BB-8 is an astromech droid that appears on Star Wars Episode VII &#8211; The Force Awakens. It has a ball shaped body and a domed head that resembles that of the R2 series droids, whose most popular unit is R2-D2. BB-8&#8217;s body rolls independently from the head, which always stays near the vertical axis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":15336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15602,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15335\/revisions\/15602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}