| Hero (robot) |
Article Index for Hero |
Website Links For Hero |
Information AboutHero (robot) |
|
HERO 1 was a self-contained mobile robot controlled by an onboard Computer with a 6808 CPU and 4k of RAM . The robot featured light, sound, and motion detectors as well as a Sonar ranging sensor. An optional arm mechanism was available. A smaller version of HERO was released later, called HERO Jr. Like HERO 1, HERO Jr. had a 6808 processor, but only 2k of RAM. The much more powerful HERO 2000 included several onboard microprocessors, onboard Speech Synthesis , several Sensors , and the ability to add expansion cards using a passive Backplane . EXTERNAL LINKS |