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Hebot II

Turtle consruction article - Hobby Elelctronics November 1982
Powertran Cybernetics

Hebot-II was a look-alike for the MIT-turtle and the shell stops half way down the body.
Although the turtle control worked very well the shell was almost useless for detecting obstacles.

Page numbers refer to magazine pages.

Page 9 - photo
Page 10 Introduction
Son of Hebot
How it works
Block diagram of total control system
 Page 11 Table 1, Hebot II data input bus
Programming in the Real World
Table 2, Hebot II data output bus
 Page 12
Figure 1, Circuits of the Hebot II Control Board
Hebot - The Circuit
 Page 13
The Interface circuit
Figure 2, circuit of ZX81 interface board
Construction
Figure 3, component overlay for Hebot control board
 Page 14
Figure 5, Hebot mechanical assembly diagram
Parts
 Page 15
Parts
Figure 6, mechanical detail of the Solenoid
Figure 4, Collision Detector mechanism
Figure 7, component layout of the Interface Board
The Interface
 Page 16
Table 4, Record Moves
Table 3, Hebot's Move
Testing
Two Programs
 Figure 3 - component overlay for Hebot control board
Figure 7 - component layout of the interface board All article pages and figures on one page