The 2,314-piece R2-D2 display model was officially retired by Lego in January, so this set was already hard to find.

This Star Wars R2-D2 robot vacuum is perfect for lockdown cleanup fun Meet the homemade Star Wars housekeeping droid you are looking for.

Sphero, the toy robot maker in Boulder, believes this is the droid you’ve been waiting for for 40 years. The company teamed up with Walt Disney to create a 6.7 inch R2-D2 from the Star Wars film ...

A star is born! We learn how R2D2, the robot in Star Wars, got his name and why he's such a beloved character. This story originally aired May 25 on Weekend Edition Sunday.

Murphy considered whether the beloved robots R2-D2 and BB-8 from the Star Wars universe would be feasible in real life and found the Hollywood mechs actually have some practical features beyond ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Star Wars actor Kenny Baker, who played the robot R2-D2 in six of the films, has died aged 81, Baker's niece told the BBC on Saturday. Baker, who was three feet, eight ...

The "Star Wars" films helped people imagine how robots could be used in the future, but several "Star Wars"-like technologies already exist. Here are some of the most memorable bots from the film ...

What started as a senior project for a student enrolled in Idaho State University’s College of Technology Robotics program has evolved into something that many Star Wars fans have dreamed of ...

The story behind R2-D2's return to the Star Wars series is the stuff of nerd legend. The latest R2 droids used in The Force Awakens were created by two members from the R2 Builders Club, a ...

“The Acolyte” creator Leslye Headland, who is a queer woman, joked with an interviewer that the series is the “gayest” entry in the “Star Wars” franchise and that robot character R2-D2 ...