Science Star Wars DARPA build air-robot based on Star Wars droid. December 8, 2012December 17, 2015 ColonelFrog DARPA, robot, Star Wars 0 min read Here’s a nice video of the US defence tech organisation DARPA playing with their hovering V-bat robot – a droid that they clearly based on the Star Wars Imperial Spy Probe Droid. But could it survive the snow fields of Hoth? And here’s how it might look in the future… Vbat of the 22nd century?