I think I remember Hero1 from Mr. Wizard back in the day.

I wasn't able to locate anything commenting on availability or price (didn't google at all yet tho). Is this something that should be available to "normal folk", or educational only? Of course getting one would require wiping it's 80Gb drive to make way for some Linux or another :)

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Hrrkkk! It seems they're taking the White box Robotics 914 PC-BOT and removing the existing GNU/Linux and replacing it with Windows XP! Part of me just died a little.

Watch out, don't step in the anthropomorphization.

No _that's_ a blast from the past. In grad school (back in the pre-net-storic) days of the early 80's), my roommate did his Electrical Engineering Thesis on constructing an RF modem connection for a Hero 1.

This robot, like many before and since, tended to assume that if its wheels were turning that it must be moving. A robot without environmental feedback is a like a car without a window. How do you know where you're going?

ScottE -- collecting and building robots for 40 years - details in profile

I plan to use a small ITX board and an 8gig memory stick on my ER1 running XP with a 10.2" LCD screen or a 7.4"LCD, depending on space. This will replace the below setup which uses a laptop to control the bot.

http://robosapienv2-4mem8.page.tl/Modified-ER1.htm

People yearn after this robotic dream, but you can't strip your life of all meaning, emotion and feeling and expect to function.


Robotic madness http://robosapienv2-4mem8.page.tl/