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botjunkie.com - 2/5/2009

R2Steam2 Is R2D2 On Steam

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Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 5 of February , 2009 at 4:38 am R2S2 Looks like it’s steam week (or something) here on BotJunkie… After posting about EATR and the Strenco ST-2 , commenter “D” reminded us of the Steamworks section of Crabfu ’s website. Among the multitude of steam powered ...

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youtube.com - 2/5/2009

R2S2 - The Steam Powered R2D2 Robot from Crabfu (video)

— youtube.com — Crabfu SteamWorks built a really awesome, steam powered R2D2 robot they call "R2S2". The cute little robot... will be demonstrated at the Maker Faire ... (more) R2S2 - The Steam Powered R2D2 Robot from Crabfu (video)

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gadgets.boingboing.net - 2/5/2009

A droid I've been looking for: steam-powered R2D2 - Boing Boing Gadgets

— gadgets.boingboing.net — The guts of a toy Star Wars RC droid are scooped out, a working steam engine is... slapped in, and we have the RSD2, the galaxy's first steam-powered astromech droid. With some copper-plating, ornate etchings and a few dabblings of rust, we'd have a ... (more) A droid I've been looking for: steam-powered R2D2 - ...

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ubergizmo.com - 2/11/2009

Steam Iron With LED

— ubergizmo.com — No matter how much technology advances, irons still retain their general form factor and this Steam Iron... with LED concept does not stray from that premise, although it does feature a cool LED lighting that denotes the temperature in proportion ... (more) Steam Iron With LED

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A droid I've been looking for: steam-powered R2D2
Boing Boing Gadgets — The guts of a toy Star Wars RC droid are scooped out, a working steam engine is slapped in, and we have the RSD2, the galaxy's first steam-powered astromech droid. With some copper-plating, ornate etchings and a few dabblings of rust, we'd have a working prototype of the steampunk droid that we're all looking for. [via Bot Junkie]

Video: This is a steam-powered R2D2, your new God
CrunchGear — ... The creation of the robot is far more interesting than the robot itself. (Note: I hate all things Star Wars, so color me biased.) The artist known as ...

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The UberReview — ... Crabfu has gone out and built himself an R2-D2 steambot, which he is calling R2-S2. The result is a cool looking R/C bot with a steam engine. [Botjunkie] ...

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OhGizmo! — ... from the 2009 Singapore Robot Games, were steamed out after checking out some of Crabfu’s amazing steam powered robots (including a full size R2D2), wondered if a ...