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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 .


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