Why no new HEROs?

Posted by Too_Many_Tools on February 23, 2009, 1:52 am

Any thoughts as to why no one has offered a new type of HERO over the
years?

I was just examining a HERO 2000 and am still impressed with the
engineering that went into its development.

TMT

Posted by on February 23, 2009, 8:54 am

> Any thoughts as to why no one has offered a new type of HERO over the
> years?

http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/

Posted by dttworld@aol.com on February 23, 2009, 7:42 pm

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:

> > Any thoughts as to why no one has offered a new type of HERO over the
> > years?

> http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/

Posted by castvee8 on February 23, 2009, 8:52 pm

> 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, 8:54ï¿½am, randallch...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

> > > Any thoughts as to why no one has offered a new type of HERO over the
> > > years?

> >http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

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

Posted by dttworld@aol.com on February 23, 2009, 11:19 pm

> > 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:

> > > > Any thoughts as to why no one has offered a new type of HERO over the
> > > > years?
> > >http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/-Hide quoted text -

> > - Show quoted text -

> 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

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