2L-BX : Tool Box Droid

CURRENT PHASE : Character Discovery

2L-BX is an original droid based off of a DD-3 concept droid designed by Andrey Maximov for the 2016 ILM Art Challenge. He is a fully functioning tool box with deployable power tools and a full assortment of precision drivers and hex keys. He moves using a Holonomic Drive.

2L premiered at Open Sauce 2026 in the San Francisco bay area and will be visiting several conventions in the upcoming months.

All weathered

My friends at The Smugglers Room transformed my USB Ryobi tools into that look from a galaxy far far away. Thank you to Brian and Carissa for making them look so good.

  • 31 Tool Groups

  • FrSky X20RS Transmitter

  • E-4 Voice Tweaker

  • Weight (50 lbs)

Droid Stats

  • 20” (508mm) - Sphere Diameter

  • 96mm Omni Wheels (4x)

  • 4.0ah Kobalt Battery

  • Kyber Control System

Tool Carousel rotates in core (3/15)

Carousel pie plates (6/24

Side Pocket mechanism (1/15)

Motor upgrade (5/17)

LED inserts for each corner of the bowl (3/15)

Toe lean: forward, back, left, right

Internal core structure with Electronics Trunk. (1/29)

X20RS transmitter switch layout (1/29)

Top view down into the carousel core (7/20)

Panel lines and final detail sketches. Starting to experiment with color. (1/29)

Tool List

  1. Pliers

  2. Flush Cut

  3. Scissors

  4. Wire Stripper

  5. Tape Measurer

  6. Safety Pins

  7. Bobby Pins

  8. Hair Ties

  9. Zip Ties

  10. Calipers

  11. Sharpie Red/Black

  12. Super Glue + Kicker

  13. Mechanical Pencil + lead

  14. Mulit Color Pen

  15. Hex Keys SAE/MM

  16. Trading Cards

  17. Light

  18. Fractal Vise

  19. Driver

  20. Soldering Iron

  21. Solder

  22. Rotery

  23. Hot Glue

  24. Hot Glue Stick

  25. Electrical Tape

  26. Duct Tape

  27. Hex Bits

  28. Hex Driver

  29. Precision Bits

  30. Precision Screwdrivers

  31. Sweep Magnet

2L in “Gadget Mode” He can operate fully while split apart to show off his internals.

Update 6/27

Scale estimate between TL-BX and R2-D2

Electronics trunk on drawer slider to allow access and battery swap (3/15)

Omni Wheels for all direction drive (1/29)

Temporary speaker mounts (6/26)

Tool carousel wedges (6/21)

Flat eye with internal lid design (2/6)

Finished Eye mech (6/5)

Cable Raceway Calculations for central electronic trunk (2/6)

Fractal vise print (6/19)

Voice systems using Roland E-4 Voice Tweaker (1/28)

Transmitter (FrSky X20RS) and receiver (TD R10) configured and bind set. First movement test for servos (1/28)

17” car antenna test (2/2)