Heathkit Reincarnates the Hero Robot

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 25, 2007 @07:42AM from the no-no-that-os-is-for-human-robots dept.

DeviceGuru writes "Heathkit, which produced and sold mobile robots aimed at hobbyists and students back in the 1980s, is about to reenter the educational robot business. Heathkit's new HE-RObot incorporates an onboard computer running Windows XP Professional on a Core 2 Duo Processor. It stands 21 inches tall, weighs 55 pounds, and has a built-in 80 GB hard drive, IR sensors, bright LED headlights, and lots of space for custom project circuitry." As robots go, it also looks very much like certain models of SGI workstation. Now I'll need to update my 1980 Christmas wishlist -- it's probably lost between pages of Popular Mechanics.

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now that you say it... by someone1234 · 2007-12-25 08:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If there wasn't Vista, i wouldn't have asked for an XP when buying a new computer (i would have used a pirated version dual booted with linux).
But with Vista around, I somehow felt compelled to buy XP! I really did that!
So, yeah, these MS overlords are really, really tricky.

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