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INTRODUCTION

FIGURE I-6. The Six-T showbot can blow up
balloons! (Courtesy of The Robot Factory.)

A horn located on the lower part of the front body panel
announces Questor’s presence. I plan to add a tape recorder for
prerecorded messages. This is something you could consider
designing into your showbot. Finally, his body panels and arms
were painted to look as though Questor is wearing a tuxedo
jacket, and a light-up bow tie completes the look.
I also designed Questor so he could be built using tools
found in a home workshop and parts available in local hard-
ware and electronics stores. However, there are a few parts
you will have to order. The following list of what I’ve deter-
mined are “must buy parts” shows items you will need to pur-
chase before starting construction. The address for a parts
supplier, Herbach & Rademan Company, is listed in Sources
in the back of the book.