Con season is also just around the corner, so that means working on schedules and fixing a few things, I’ve also been helping Steve with R2-XS to get it ready for WonderCon, which start on February 27th. It was a year ago that he met Gerard and I there.

WonderCon has grown considerably since Comic-Con took over, and last year they had close to 30,000 people in attendance, so no small con by any means. We’ll be hosting another Droid Building Panel, and the good news is Don Bies has kindly agreed to be our special guest, so if you’re in town you’ll have to stop by and say hi.

And today, I finally got my new license plates I ordered last August on the van.

• More Clone Wars Press Event Photos
• Servo Magazine RoboGames 2008 Coverage
• Halloween at Hiller Aviation Museum 2008
• Clone Wars Press Event at the Ranch
• Mega Feed Link Problem Fixed
• Another TFU Launch Party Video

• Force Unleashed Launch Party
• MakeSF September Meetup

• My Artoo in Bantha Tracks
• Maker Faire : Intel Developer Forum
• Dome Servo Power Upgrade
• VEX RC Controller Decoded
• Clone Wars Weekend
• SF Clone Wars Screening
• Periscope Installed
• New CTEC Keycoder – I think I’ve created a monster!
• Mystery Box
• More Periscope Work

• Life Form Scanner – The search for a short antenna
• TRU Clone Wars Midnight Madness
• Lift Mech Support Bracket
• New Periscope Lift Mech Prototype
• Dome Pie Panel Control
• Life Form Scanner Screen Material
• Dome Pie Panel Servo Setup
• Proctor Glove Wheel Casters
• Dome Pie Panel Hinge Experiments – Adding hinges to anything on Artoo is tricky, with so many curves and often tight spaces, it’s really hard to get things just right.
• Mounting RF Remotes to the Futaba

• Futaba Setup and Tweaks
• Futaba 10C Arrived – It’s a 10 channel 2.4Ghz FASST spread spectrum capable receiver and a big step up from the Vex transmitter I’ve been using.
• RoboGames 2008 Report – the weekend was jammed packed full of interesting people and very cool things – like talking with the engineer who worked on the NPC motors many of us use in our droids, or hanging out with the Orb Swarm folks or Grant Imahara from Mythbusters, or getting some inside info from the engineer who maintains the machines that spin our aluminum domes. Artoo even got in on some battle bot action in the arena and lived to tell the tail.
• RoboGames 2008 – Day 1 Highlights
• Trip to Ace
• RoboGames 2008 This Weekend
• Dome Electronics Rewire
• New Larger Casters and Angles
• Center Foot Wedges
• JAG Center Foot Mod – Lip/Skirt
• We’re in Bantha Tracks this month
• Battery Terminals
• Caster Fix and Test

• R2 Builders in Servo Magazine & Nuts and Volts
• New Wheel Casters
• Center Foot Ball Caster Maintenance
• Maker Faire Videos
• San Jose Museum of Art
• KIRO Radio Interview
• Securing Artoo at Events
• Giant Lego R2-D2 Event
• R2 Flip Book
• R2 Maker Faire News Coverage
• Maker Faire – Dance Program – Short video compilation of Artoo dancing with the children at Maker Faire.
• Maker Faire Photos
• Maker Faire Award
• Maker Faire – T-minus 1 hours

• Leg/Ankle Screw Update
• Attaching Battery Harnesses
• Slip Rings
• Attaching Battery Boxes – Here’s a quick run down on how I attached the battery boxes to the feet.
• RoboGames 2007
• Mounting the Side Vents
• Side Panels – It’s funny, the side panels are one of the few things you’ll not see discussed. Here’s my method of mounting side panels to my aluminum frame and skins.
• Mega RSS Feed for Builders Blog
• Easter Get Together
• Revised Battery System
• Charging Jack Photos
• Interior Light
• Circuit Building 101
• Battery Power Issue Resolved
• WonderCon Photo