Friday, August 05, 2005

R2D2 Gets His Wings

Have you ever wondered why R2D2 doesn’t fly the X-wing fighter? Every time I watch one of the Star Wars movies, I ask myself the same question. Here is a galaxy of technologically advanced civilizations with robots (droids) like C3P0 and the soldier droids like the ones that fights the Trade Federation’s battles, why not have unmanned fighters?. Think that is over the top? Check this out from "Military & Aerospace Electronics."