The BB8 robot featured in the new Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens movie is a real functioning machine that is remotely controlled to perform commands Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ...

BB8 is a small spherical robot that makes cute sounds a la R2D2 and fans have been thrilled to hear from director JJ Abrams that for the first time, the Star Wars franchise has made use of a real ...

The BB-8 story, he says, "limits some of our ability to get as crazy as we think you could with getting attached to a robot." He's come to appreciate that story, though, and those constraints.