Hello Again,
I've been asked to post some pics of my R2 build. I'll toss them up. This has been approx. a 3 year project for me. I chose to go the 100% aluminum route with my R2. Purely a personal choice. I've had many revisions to my build over the years.
I look forward to retro-fitting R2 over to the EZ-B system. I'll be mounting the camera in his Radar eye, and the Sonar around his skirt area.
Basic overview:
Frame - Com8 Ver. A
Dome - Darren M. 300mm
Legs - JAG
Foot Shells - JAG
Leg Ankles - TotallyWired
Center Ankle - JAG
Holos - David Shaw
Front & Rear Logic Surrounds -David Shaw
Radar Eye - David Shaw
Power Couplers - David Shaw
Octogon Ports - David Shaw
LDP - David Shaw
JEDI Control - Scott Grey
Skins - John Sherrel
And probably a schwack more stuff I can't remember. 
** Interested in starting your own R2-D2 Build? **
Visit : Astromech.Net - http://astromech.net R2 Builders Yahoo Group - http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/r2builders/
All parts can be sourced between these (2) websites. No kits are available.
If you have any questions just ask away.
Com8-A Frame
300mm Dome, JAG Legs and David Shaw Holos, Leg Horseshoes
300mm Dome, Dome Electronics
Center Foot and Ankle
Dome Bumps (Tamper Proof Computer Case Switches)
Periscope and Life Form Scanner
Dome Drive Wheel
Octogon Ports, LDP, Power Coupler and Coin Slots
TotallyWired Skirt
The beginning of motor drive shells
Skins
Dome and Skins. Rough Fit. No Frame
Charging Bay
Cheers!
Lumpy
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Continued...
J.E.D.I. Control System
Front/Rear PSI Electronics
Magnetic Failsafe Switch
Side Electronics Panel (Breadpan)
Front Frame Speakers
Frame, Skins, Dome. Rough Fit
Pretty Much Complete. Only missing foot drives.
Cheers!
Lumpy
Future Updates - EZ-B Retrofit
The Goods: (1) EZ-B Kit
The Inventory:
(1) Sabertooth 2x25 - Motor Controller (1) SyRen 10 - Motor Controller (1) Pitman Motor - Dome Rotation (2) NPC (Clone/Surplus) - Foot Motors (1) Xbox 360 Controller
On Order/Inbound (1) XBOX 360 USB Gaming Receiver (1) Sparkfun MP3 Trigger Board
The Plan
Drive - Hook up the two motors for H-Bridge control/steering. Dome - Hook up the one motoer for dome rotation. Link to Camera for facial tracking. Sonar - Hook up to bottom of skirt for collision avoidance. Control - Use XBOX 360 controller to drive and control sound. (Android Tablet to replace?) Audio - Sparkfun MP3 trigger to play audio. Initiated via voice recognition.
That's the plan. I'll probably blow something up first.
Always looking for help and suggestions.
Lumpy
Future Updates - EZ-B Retrofit
Don't you just hate it when that happens ! stress
Wow That's amazing! What a great robot !
How much all in so far.....love to have one of these and really, 3k maybe a bit more worth every bit.
Wow! He is amazing!
G'day from oz, can you please point me to where i can source the R2 parts. assume can order over the web
sorry i know this is not correct the place to ask on ez's blog
thank you,
michael