Whatever happened to Heathkit
Hero Robots? They had about 8 years of sales: 4,000 Hero Jr's, 3,000 Hero
2000's, 14,000 assembled Hero 1's. Ones with less capability didn't do
as well but higher priced ones did ok in the market. Service and maintainability
were a problem due to the sheer number of bolts, pulleys, boards, sensors,
cables etc. Used ones can be picked up - but caveat emptor.
Heath Company began the HERO 1 project in October 1979.
The first units were available in 1982 and sales continued throughout most
of the eighties. "An ideal teaching tool, HERO 1 is a completely self-contained
robot that interacts with you and its environment.
Heathkit made four Robot Models, they are the original
HERO 1, the HERO JR, the HERO 2000, and the Arm Trainer base. The HERO
1 was the first and most popular robot model. The HERO JR came out after
the HERO 1 and was created by the consumer division as a personal robot
instead of an educational one.
Of all the educational and personal robots created during
the 1980's the Heathkit HERO robots were by far the most successful and
most popular. The talented engineers at Heathkit originally created the
HERO robots and supported the HERO robot line up until 1995. The Heathkit
HERO robots make a great robot to start with. There are excellent examples
of each one of the HERO Robots in the Robot Workshop Robot Gallery collection.
Along with the robots there are also some rare prototype parts and some
of the original Heathkit test fixtures used to repair the robots.
HERO Robots Formerly from Heathkit, then Mobile Ed Productions!
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