HERO (eathkit E ducational RO bot) is the name of some educational robots sold by Heathkit during 1980 -an. The Heath Company started the HERO 1 project in October 1979. The first unit was available in 1982. Models included HERO 1, HERO Jr., and HERO 2000. Heathkit supported the HERO robot line until 1995. All three are available as kits, or for more money, built by Heathkit. Since 2013, the 1980 model is considered a collector, because of its scarcity. For the most part, they can not do practical tasks, but are more geared to entertainment and education above all else.
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HERO 1 (ET-18)
HERO 1 is a standalone mobile robot controlled by an onboard computer with a Motorola 6808 CPU and 4 kB of RAM. This robot displays the light detector, sound, and motion as well as the starting sonar sensors. Optional arm mechanism and speech synthesizer available for kit form and included in assembled form.
To make this power available in a simple way, a high level programming language is created. For example, ANDROTEXT is a HERO 1 editor and compiler developed in 1982 for IBM PCs.
HERO 1 shown in Mr. Wizard's World in several episodes. BYTE is called HERO 1 "a product with exceptional flexibility and functionality... If you are interested in a robot, Heath will show you the way".
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HERO Jr. (RT-1)
A smaller version of HERO was released later, called HERO Jr. Heathkit is meant for the home market, and therefore makes it less complex, and more independent. Like HERO 1, HERO Jr. has a 6808 processor, but only 2kB of RAM. In addition, he uses the onboard sound synthesis, the Polaroid sonar range sensor, the light sensor, and the sound sensor. An optional infrared sensor is also available. Other optional components include an extra pair of batteries to double the operating time between charges, from about 4 hours to 8 hours. Remote control accessories allow users to drive a robot. These include motion sensors that cause the robot to sound "SOM-THING-MOVE" when it detects a source of motion.
Heathkit released several add-ons to improve the robot's ability, including the transmitter to activate the home security system in that it feels the movement during "guard duty". Also, additional cartridges with programs and games are available, as well as components to allow users to instantly program the robot.
The drive mechanism is backward compared to HERO 1, with the drive and steering wheel behind the robot. The head shows curves to allow the robot to carry up to 10 pounds (4.5 kg). Robots can speak several phrases from various movies involving robots or computers. It is also capable of remembering and repeating his master's name, as well as singing songs, reading poetry, acting as an alarm clock, and making his own combination of phonemes to create robotic crap.
HERO 2000 (ET-19)
HERO 2000 is much more powerful including several onboard microprocessors, onboard speech synthesis, multiple sensors, and the ability to add expansion cards using a passive backplane.
HE-RObot
HE-RObot is the result of a strategic partnership between Heathkit and White Box Robotics. If available, it costs as much as $ 8000. HE-RObot is marketed to the education market. Heathkit sells about 50 of these robots before their bankruptcy in 2012.
References
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External links
- General
- Robot Heathkit in Robot Gallery
- Hero's Robot Web Source
- The Robot Hero Vintage Family
- HERO 1 (ET-18)
- HERO 1 demonstration video (Starting at 12:30)
- Heathkit HERO 1 Robots - Vintage Heathkit Trainer Robots Education (HERO 1) ET-18 ETW-18
- Scan the original brochure for Hero 1
- HERO Jr. (RT-1) Heathkit Zenith HERO JR Robot! on YouTube
- HERO 2000 (ET-19)
- Robot Heathkit Hero 2000
- User Groups
- user group owner of Heathkit HERO robot - Yahoo Group
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