HEATHKIT
ROBOT
•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
