Disney’s Bought a Star Wars Droid to Promote You…for $3,000

Star Wars Day means new merch to purchase, and if Jar-Jar and new Lego units weren’t sufficient for you, Disney’s bought a little bit droid up on the market.

Developed by robotics firm Piaggo Quick Foward, the G1T4-M1N1 droid is a “reliable and eager-to-please” restricted version model of its gitamini cargo robotic. Impressed by R2-D2, it options Bluetooth audio system to stream music, cameras and sensors that allow it ID and observe its proprietor round (at a pace of 6 mph) and a cargo bin that may maintain as much as 20 kilos of things. With a runtime of seven hours and a companion app for iOS and Android, G1TA (or no matter you wish to title it) might assist you to really feel such as you’re a Star Wars character at dwelling.

Piaggio CEO Greg Lynn known as the G1T4-M1N1 “a pure match [that] aligns completely with our group’s mission. PFF turns on a regular basis mobility challenges into alternatives for connection and exploration, and Star Wars has impressed generations with its imaginative galaxy and futuristic droids helping people with on a regular basis duties, matching our imaginative and prescient for the way forward for robotics.”

The kicker? Ol’ droid is priced at $2,875—with delivery and dealing with, plus tax, that might come to round $3,100. And because the retailer itemizing notes, Disney isn’t providing refunds, exchanges, or returns. If you wish to see G1T4 in motion first, it’s being demoed on the Disney Retailer in Occasions Sq. now by way of Tuesday, Could 6.

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