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- Hero JR. Robot Introduced in the
1980’s as part of their electronic kit offerings
- “Semi-Autonomous” operations with battery
- 1st generation microcomputer
- Several boards of electronics with a single board Microcomputer based
upon the Motorola 6805
- Optic sensor for light detection
- Polaroid Sonar Sensor to measure distance
- Speech synthesizer for “canned responses”
- Bump sensors
- Noise or sound detection
- Assembly programming with cassette tape download and program storage
- Tripod platform ( R2D2? ) with front wheel drive using DC motor and
front wheel steering using a stepper motor
- Back wheels are idle with back left wheel encoded for optical pick-up
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- Original owner had robot in storage for over 25 years and all of the
electronics was basically unserviceable-anxious to “get rid of”
- Body ,Motor and drives were still in excellent condition
- Only option was to gut original electronics and replace with suitable
microcontrollers
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- Today
- Lower power/loner operation
- Flexible Dual Microcontroller based architecture
- PIC
- Motor control, power monitoring
- .JAVELIN
- “Brains”
- Sensor positioning and measurement
- Responses to radio commands
- RADIO control
- Future ( greater opportunity for autonomous operation)
- Obstacle avoidance
- Added navigation with digital compass and GPS (outside only)
- Add on board CMOS camera
- Add voice Synthesizer
- Add PIR sensor
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Notes