{"603200":{"#nid":"603200","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The droids of Star Wars might be more realistic than people think","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe may finally have an answer to the question on everyone\u0026#39;s mind: Could R2-D2, C-3PO, and BB-8 exist in real life? The iconic droids of Star Wars are put to the test\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026#39; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDan Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Yasemin_Aydin3\u0022\u003EYasemin Ozkan Aydin\u003C\/a\u003E. The verdict? BB-8 would never be able to move on sand. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/star-wars-robots-bb-8-r2d2-are-realistic-a-m-university-professor-says\/\u0022\u003ECNet\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/39825-star-wars-robots-real-world-locomotion.html?utm_source=twitter\u0026amp;utm_medium=social\u0022\u003ESpace\u003C\/a\u003E have also reported on the results.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34651","created_gmt":"2018-03-02 20:50:28","changed_gmt":"2018-03-02 21:12:22","author":"mrosten3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"advice for students","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/2\/21\/17036520\/star-wars-droid-study-robot-realism-communication-transportation","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"550281":{"id":"550281","type":"image","title":"Dan Goldman and MuddyBot","body":null,"created":"1467727200","gmt_created":"2016-07-05 14:00:00","changed":"1475895345","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:45","alt":"Dan Goldman and MuddyBot","file":{"fid":"218163","name":"muddybot-36.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/muddybot-36_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/muddybot-36_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2013666,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/muddybot-36_0.jpg?itok=SnbTathV"}}},"media_ids":["550281"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"167233","name":"star wars"},{"id":"47881","name":"Dan Goldman"},{"id":"177268","name":"Yasemin Aydin"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}