Video Analysis of the Rolling Droid in Star Wars VII

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Video Analysis of the Rolling Droid in Star Wars VII

written by Rhett J. Allain

This blog post includes a Tracker video analysis of a Star Wars VII trailer scene showing a rolling droid. The goal is to estimate the droid's rotational and linear speeds. A discussion of the kinematics of the rolling droid is included.

This discussion is part of the Dot Physics blog for Wired.

https://www.wired.com/2014/12/fast-rolling-droid-star-wars-vii/

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in One Dimension = Position & Displacement = Velocity - Rotational Dynamics	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Informal Education	- Reference Material = Article - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Restriction:: © 2014 Rhett Allain
Keywords:: angular velocity, movie analysis, rolling, star wars, velocity
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created December 20, 2014 by Rhett Allain
Record Updated:: December 23, 2014 by Bruce Mason
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 11, 2014
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