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Droid Design - Click for process

Design for a droid for the "Star Wars - build my droid" contest.

The design needed to be:
-Fundamentally unique
-Appropriate for the Star Wars universe
-Build-able in reality by highschool robotics students
-Submitted in a single image format

The final image for submission

The final image for submission

Some initial thoughts for a "padawan trainer droid"

Some initial thoughts for a "padawan trainer droid"

General concept to develop

General concept to develop

treads for legs evoked outdoor use, so wheels instead

treads for legs evoked outdoor use, so wheels instead

working out leg design using wheels

working out leg design using wheels

mechanical design for legs

mechanical design for legs

working out shapes for the arm

working out shapes for the arm

how might everything collapse?

how might everything collapse?

sketching out open/closed states

sketching out open/closed states

final drawing before moving to digital illustration

final drawing before moving to digital illustration