The RB5X is a
personal robot manufactured by RB Robot Corporation of
Golden, Colorado.
A cylinder-shaped robot with an optional arm, and a transparent, dome-shaped top, RB5X has an
RS-232
In telecommunications, RS-232 or Recommended Standard 232 is a standard originally introduced in 1960 for serial communication transmission of data. It formally defines signals connecting between a ''DTE'' (''data terminal equipment'') such a ...
communications interface and is programmable in
TinyBASIC
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or Savvy.
It was first released circa 1983. Its inputs include eight bumper panels, a
photodiode
A photodiode is a light-sensitive semiconductor diode. It produces current when it absorbs photons.
The package of a photodiode allows light (or infrared or ultraviolet radiation, or X-rays) to reach the sensitive part of the device. The packag ...
and a
sonic transducer
Sonic or Sonics may refer to:
Companies
*Sonic Drive-In, an American drive-in fast-food restaurant chain
* Sonic (ISP), an Internet provider and CLEC, serving more than 100 California communities
* Sonic Foundry, a computer software company wh ...
. The robot learns from experience.
The RB5X was an early commercial implementation of the concept of autonomous mobile robotics (AMR) proposed and demonstrated by author/ inventor, David L. Heiserman
in 1976.
References
External links
* https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/12/garden/past-and-present-robots-gather-for-exhibition.html
* http://ww.theoldrobots.com/rb5x.html
* http://www.rbrobotics.com/
1983 robots
Robots of the United States
Rolling robots
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