Description
The Mitsubishi Move Master II RM-501 is a personal robot for education, research and hobby, released in 1983 by Mitsubishi. It's the follower of the Move Master RM-101 released in April 1982 as Japan's first "microrobot for education and research".
This robot was widely exported outside Japan as it was useful in technical schools.
The RM-501 can be controlled by a personal computer through a Centronics printer cable or a RS-232C serial cable.
It can be programmed in two ways:
- by using a Teaching Box with storing of all the movements by the computer
- by directly programming it, using a mix of BASIC and Assembly languages
The full RM-501 package includes:
- robotic arm
- drive unit (with 40Kb ROM and 32kB RAM, expandable with EPROMs)
- connection cables
- manual
- (optionally) teaching box
- (optionally) standard hand
- (optionally) Move Master MX-6000 computer
According to the manual, two other computers can be used with this device and the provided cable: Mitsubishi MULTI 16 (8088-based computer) and NEC PC-8001 (Z80-based computer). For other personal computers, a special cable could be bought separately. So, even if it's not a MSX product, it could be used with a MSX computer.
Price : ¥1,090,000 (probably without the options)
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