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From: mckenney@talos.pm.com (Frank McKenney)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: HackerBot Information
Keywords: ubiquitous movit robot kits inexpensive but dumb
Message-ID: <1990Jul30.004821.27254@talos.pm.com>
Date: 30 Jul 90 00:48:21 GMT
Reply-To: mckenney@talos.UUCP (Frank McKenney)
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The ubiquitous MOVIT series of "Educational Electronic Robot
Kits" is now available from a new vendor:

American Design Components
815 Fairview Avenue
P.O. Box 220
Fairview, New Jersey  07022
(800) 776-3700 / (201) 941-5000 in N.J.

Compared to most of the equipment previously discussed in this
group, these are definite ToyBots. On the other hand, for those
with small budgets and an urge to tinker, these kits may be a
good place to start. Should prove good substitutes for an
automated plant when trying to explain to small children "What
Daddy Really Does". Prices range from $42.95 to $129.95.
Intelligence level ranges from sub-moron to total idiot.

Name           Price Description
----           ----- -----------
Robotic Arm    49.95 Looks fairly lightweight. Grab/release,
                     raise/lower, pivot side-to-side. Hand-
                     held control.
Medusa         42.00 Four-legged plastic dome w. sound
                     sensor.
Mr. Bootsman   49.95 6 insect-like legs, two-speed movement.
                     Hand-held control.
Navius         69.95 Two motor-controlled wheels, guided by
                     marks on a "programming disk"
S-Cargo        59.95 Mororized. Start/stop/turn via sound
                     sensor.
Avoider        59.95 Description says 3 legs (although photo
                     shows 3 per side). Detects obstacles
                     via infra-red sensor, turns, and
                     continues.
Line Tracer    49.95 Follows black line drawn on white
                     paper.
Circular       99.95 Drive and electronics form the "axle"
                     for two large "wheels".  Hand-held
                     control.
WAO           129.95 Progammable (128x4 RAM!) motorized
                     line-drawing robot. Connector port can
                     be used with optional AppleII/IBM
                     PC/Commodore C-64 to "communicate"
                     (presumably download/control).

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