Why no new HEROs?

http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/

Are there any good arguments that can be made to justify buying one?
It seems like a lot of dough for a PC and webcam on wheels. For those
prices I would expect arms and a docking station along with good
vision recognition software.

http://www.robotshop.us/home/suppliers/white-box-robotics-en/index.html



On Feb 23, 8:54 am, randallch...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

I must have missed the price-How much are they? No, not even remotely
interested in buying what I can build from scratch-Just curious.
Mark

See link above for the WhiteBox pricing - ranges from $4,800 to $8000
for their bot. I was looking at a Hero 2000 that was in really good
condition that went for $1,800 on Ebay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Heathkit-Hero-2000-Robot-ET-19-Robotics_W0QQitemZ200311=
176393QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item200311176393&_trksid=
=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A13|39%3A1|240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.com/Heathkit-Hero-2000-Robot-ET-19-Robotics_W0QQitemZ200311176393QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item200311176393&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparmsf%3A2 |65%3A13|39%3A1|240%3A1318

And really, that's the point.  When the Hero came out it was unique,
and you'd need a *lot* of skill to come up with something that even
marginally approximated it.  Today, just wander on over to
polulu.com...

Funny you mentioned Pololu - I used their servo controller in my
version of a Hero 2000 robot here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/iRobot-Create-Personal-Home-Robot/

From first hand experience things get complicated really fast when
building a bot.

Danh

Thanks for the correction -- I was typing from memory...


The irobot Create is a terrific platform; I've got one with a 486 SBC
mounted on it.  I need to get back to my project of a good C API to
control it...

It didn't take much to max out the mechanical limits of the Create
platform. Looking for a platform that can support 50 to 150lbs for my
SLA batteries, computer and human size actuators.

Yes, you're in a completely different league than the Create is
designed for!

I just ran across this:
 http://www.heathkit.com/herobot.html

Looks like heathkit just relabeled a white box robotics PC-Bot.

I just ran across this:
 http://www.heathkit.com/herobot.html

Looks like heathkit just relabeled a white box robotics PC-Bot.

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...and added some stuff to the package. It's my project, so if there are any
questions fire away. :-)

-John O

I don't think Hero robots really have any practical uses beyond
educational. There are lots of cheaper educational kits available
today from Lego and Parallax.

Danh