Professor Hero's ancient inventions are here to help...
Primary functions: Illumination/ Search & Recovery/Short Term Audio Playback/ Merry Jigs & Dances
Auxiliary functions: Known for its revolutionary “obseqiousity matrix”, the Hornculon was expressly designed to boost the self esteem of its owner/operator. There was only one Hornculon created, and despite nearly constant malfunctions and destructive dances, he is still in frequent use by Professor Hero.
Primary functions: Children’s Relations (”Nanny”)/Short-range Flight/Audio Recording/Radiation Detection
Notes: While initially successful as marketed to military families, the “Buddy Bot” was discontinued in 1933 after numerous reports of: occasional/constant explosions, disturbingly high radiation levels, and a predisposition towards emiting an“unsettling weeping-like sound” upon extended disuse.
Primary functions: Deep Sea Measurements/ Autonomous Auxiliary Power Source/ Drum Machine
Extraneous, Misc, and Etc: This diverse Automaton became revered for its myriad adaptable uses, most notably its distinct abilities to: grab at lost keys, wheel about the room whilst “dropping beats,” and chug a lot of beer. The accumulation of these talents earned the model a loyal customer base amongst college males as well as the nickname,“El PartyBot!”
Primary functions: Search/rescue/reconnaissance and plumbing
Notes: The somewhat-more-mechanically successful Grab-Lax was created recently in the wake of a growing darkness in Prof Hero’s home Layer of Gup. Unbeknownst to him, his older Automatons took it upon themselves to re-program the Grab-
Lax, explaining its penchant for constant hugs and love of robot servitude.
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