[comp.robotics] Hero 2000 robot

nrashid@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Navruze Rashid) (01/30/91)

In article <1991Jan22.011154.19417@csn.org>, roybalm@tramp.colorado.edu (ROYBAL MICHAEL) writes...
> 
>	Radio-Electronics: January 1991(page 19 of the RE shopper in the middle)
>		HERO 2000 ROBOT ARM & BASE - $399.95
>		HERO 2000 ROBOT ARM KIT    - $179.95
>		HERO 2000 "B" KIT          - $ 49.95(this is the misc parts)
> 
>	The company is called Mendelson Electronics Inc. and can be reached at
> 
>				1-800-422-3525

I ordered the first kit, HERO 2000 ROBOT ARM AND BASE, and I just received
it in the mail.  Does anyone know where I can get a wheel base or some
other way of giving it mobility?  I asked the the poeple at Mendelson
Electronics and they said that the "B" kit was not compatible with the
ARM AND BASE kit, and that they did not know where I could get the "A"
kit for the Hero 2000.  I would be willing to build my own, except I do
not know where to start.  Has anyone ever tried this?  Any hints or
suggestions on where I might be able to buy the "A" kit or plans to build
a mobile platform for the robot will be appreciated.

I saw a robot from Odetics with a 5 leg base.  Does anyone know anything
about this, or where I could contact them?

Thanks very much,

Navruze Rashid		work:(201) 648-1313
Dept of Neuroscience	home:(908) 219-5935
Rutgers University	email: nrashid@andromeda.rutgers.edu