Via 3dprint.com:

In the preview, which Disney released this past weekend, we get a glimpse of some of the vehicles, as well as a cute little robot within the film, which is being referred to as a ‘Ball Droid”. This new robot has been described by many fans as a soccer ball with an R2-D2 head attached, and in fact there are already several social media fan pages for the tiny little robotic device.ball2

So perhaps by now you are wondering how this is at all related to 3D printing. Well, thanks to 3D printing, within hours of a new character, such as Ball Droid being revealed, we already have the means of creating a physical model/toy of the little robot. Thingiverse User, lilykill has taken the time to 3D model the ball-like robot, and post that design for free so that anyone with a 3D printer can download and 3D print the Ball Droid figurine. Posted with a Creative Commons – Attribution – Share Alike license, the model is made up of a single STL file.

The uploaded Ball Droid model is 1:1 scale with the head being approximately the same diameter as R2-D2’s. Of course in order for this model to really stand out, those who do end up 3D printing it will need to add a good deal of paint, otherwise this sophisticated little robot may end up looking like nothing more than a melting snowman.

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