RB5X Robot Video- 1985 David L Heiserman 

What a fabulously entertaining walk back in time! Thank you for sharing!

Interestingly enough, this was a prototype. The production model had a more rounded dome and some other cosmetic changes. Still had the INS 8073 though! Cool stuff :3

Aww, RIP? David L. Heiserman, July 11, 1940 - February 21, 2020 I wanted that robot when it came out, was just watching an old episode of Starcade and that was the price. $2200 out of my budget then and now.

I like the Star Wars Disco ripoff at the end

I looked this robot up after it was mentioned in Ed Smith's 2020 book called "Imagine That!" In that book, Ed talks about some of the hardware he worked on after helping to design the APF Imagination Machine computer. I think that I also remember the RB5X being given away on the gameshow "Starcade." in the early 1980s. This is a cool video. I'm not sure how often the little robot is going to encounter a maze like the one at the end of the video, a maze that seems to be meant for a giant rat... but if RB5X ever does make its way into such a maze, then it's sure to find its way out of it.

Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks for uploading this! I would have loved to own one of these really early versions. Great to see them move around in video.

The 1980s full of Positivity for robots. I liked all robots advertised in Robotics Age Magazine, glad to see a video on an RB5X moving....As to the comments below- experimenting, & programming an RB5X Robot is educational whereas a roomba, is not

That's awesome, I want one

So it's a Roomba, only taller. And your cat can't ride on it.

Wow so it’s just a vacuum except doesn’t vacuum