Hi Gamedev Blenderheads!
Below you can find some reference material for an idea for the lamp animation: the R2D2 lamp. I found this while looking for reference material for my lamp, and as I had already picked another design, I won’t be using it. If you want to give it a go, feel free to use these to base your model on. While I didn’t find any front or side references, this should be plenty to make your own R2D2 lamp if you so desire 
Bonus points if you animate the lamp and use some of these sounds:
Source: R2D2 Sound Effects
And remember: flipped normals are a path to the dark side