December 10th, 2007 by Benj Edwards
R2D2 he is not. But at least he can become a vacuum cleaner.
[ From Popular Computing, December 1983 ]
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December 10th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I did some searches on this crazy little thing, and apparently it’s still being sold (primarily, it seems, for classroom settings) for over $3000. And its arm attachment will set you back $2000. It must be pretty decent if it’s been on the market for that long. Has anyone here actually worked with one of these things?
December 11th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
TOPO/B.O.B. could kick this thing’s ass.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I find it funny that they show it coming up to the door from being outside in the snow. Really, who’d expose a $3000 robot like that to bad weather?
Then again, I have a co-worker who has a Hero-1 living in his barn!
December 12th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Paulie’s robot was so much cooler than this one.
December 13th, 2007 at 10:39 am
*crickets*
That was a reference to Rocky IV.
*still crickets*
December 15th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
*throws tomato*
December 17th, 2007 at 10:03 am
*loves tomatoes*
🙂