Timeline for How does BB-8 move in the sand without skidding?
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| Jan 19, 2019 at 18:10 | comment | added | Noumenon | The video isn't clear at all. Looks like he only issues commands to the head to move and never attempts to move forward. | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 19:24 | comment | added | dunraven | I wish this answer wasn't the accepted one, because they did a lot of movie magic to make the "real" bb-8 (there were many versions for different types of action) move in sand. Just because there is a practical prop doesn't mean that no cgi is involved, so only an in-universe answer should be accepted... | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 18:47 | vote | accept | ibid | ||
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| Jan 19, 2016 at 8:19 | vote | accept | ibid | ||
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| Jan 19, 2016 at 8:17 | vote | accept | ibid | ||
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| Jan 6, 2016 at 20:56 | comment | added | T.E.D. | Walking isn't particularly easy in loose sand either. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 20:42 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | @MichaelT In water, not on water - which might make a difference since BB-8 seems to be rolling on top of the sand. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 14:47 | comment | added | user12183 | The company that made the actual toy that BB-8 was based on even works on water which isn't known for having much traction at all. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 14:27 | comment | added | David says Reinstate Monica | I think that the big difference between the prop and the toy is that the toy is perfectly smooth, while the prop has actual ridges and such that are great for picking up traction | |
| Jan 5, 2016 at 23:19 | comment | added | Frames Catherine White | Even if it is a real prop, that doesn't mean it does not skid 9 times out of 10. (I know for experimental bipedal walking robots, its common to film them making dozens of attempts to get one good proof of concept video). It also doesn't mean that that there is not another explination, E.g. it may have been rolling on carpet which was then CGI'ed out. Of course neither of those are Inuniverse concerns. | |
| Jan 5, 2016 at 19:48 | comment | added | Wayne Werner | Actually - it looks like the toy is getting too much traction on sand. Both the toy and presumably the prop work by over balancing. Just like a hamster ball. | |
| Jan 5, 2016 at 18:50 | comment | added | joshbirk | FWIW, we don't really know the nature of the actual sand BB is traversing in the movies. It's possible that the ground is hardened in the scenes we see him being highly mobile in and so traction isn't much of a problem. | |
| Jan 5, 2016 at 16:49 | comment | added | Dave Johnson | @Martha We don't see how it gets to the sand (and I had it muted) but it seems like it can get around a bit if it starts elsewhere, but this one got stuck in a hole: youtube.com/watch?v=WaYe0RZs0oI | |
| Jan 5, 2016 at 16:47 | comment | added | Martha | I think the real BB-8 is pretty heavy, and thus it gets traction on surfaces where the much lighter toy does not. (Also, I'd like to see a test with the toy where it starts out on a hard surface and then rolls onto sand.) | |
| Jan 5, 2016 at 16:39 | history | answered | Dave Johnson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |