Description
P7-R0 is a fire rescue droid employed in many corners of the galaxy. It is able to run through conditions most beings cannot in order to rescue individuals trapped by a fire or collapsed structure. It has equipment to deal with any fires or mangled environments it may encounter on its way to rescue beings.
I started with brainstorming by thinking what specific function a droid could serve in the Star Wars galaxy; some of the most famous droids we've seen have tended to be total Swiss Army knives like R2 or BB-8 and I wanted a droid that was pretty much made to do one thing well with tools tailored just to that task. Going from this, I decided the droid's function should completely influence the design. I thought about what purposes would really influence a design and that led me to the idea of a droid that can go through a burning building or section of a ship to rescue trapped individuals. After this, I came up with features that would make sense to include for such a droid and sketched out some rough designs. I wanted to take an existing droid type and kind of play with it, so I combined the idea of a Pit Droid with a firefighter hat and everything came from there. I added a fire extinguisher nozzle to the head to evoke the idea of a firefighter's mask, and I ran with this sort of strategy through the rest of the design like with the coloring and including a fire extinguisher canister on the back to look like an oxygen tank.
The actual modeling probably took me much longer than it should have, but several restrictions I discovered partway through the modeling were actually quite helpful. I didn't realize there was a 20 unique component limit at first, and once I accepted that, it greatly cut down on design bloat. It was then a bit of a challenge adjusting to make sure the model was actually 3D printable, but thinking about the model physically helped me focus on the important aspects of the design rather than throwing in every single thing I could think to include.
Features
- 1 large back-mounted fire extinguisher canister
- 1 small head-mounted fire extinguisher canister
- 2 large strong legs
- 2 arms equipped with 4 fingers each
- 1 large extinguisher nozzle per hand and 2 auxiliary extinguisher nozzles per wrist
- Broad shoulders for carrying incapacitated individuals, covered with heat resistant white pads
- Heat-resistant ceramic paneling over body parts
- Chest hatch with dedicated "jaws of life" contained within
- Heat ventilation on torso sides
- Large visible RESCUE text (written in Aurebesh) on chest
- Bright coloration throughout to be more visible in smoky conditions
- Large brim of head to protect carried individuals from minor falling debris
- Small shoulder-mounted searchlights
- 1 large photoreceptor
- 1 large head-mounted extinguisher nozzle
- 20 unique printable components (1 sliding panel is mirrored in the model, but physically it's just a copy of the original since it's an extruded circular arc), 32 total components. Some glue required
Overall, I'm quite pleased with how the design translated from concept to final model and I learned some things along the way about working with Autodesk Fusion. I hope you enjoy the final design.