Since 2004, James Bruton has been building a following through Xrobots website which features his weekly video releases which provide details of his amazing 3D printed and electronic projects. From his Southampton lab, Bruton also operates a small import and sales business for creative materials called Creative Resources Distribution Limited, and he finances his projects through a combination of sponsorship and Patreon.com, a site which allows fans to pledge support money per each of his YouTube clips. Bruton's latest project provides all the necessary data and advice to build a 3D printed version of R2D2 via Github. You can read the whole story here: http://3dprint.com/52341/3d-printed-r2d2-robot/


Below is a picture of what Bruton has done thus far with his 3D printed R2D2: