Oscar (1982), by John Gutman, Bill Dodd, and Robert Wagoner, Hobby Robot Co., Hazlehurst, GA. "John W. Gutman, head of the Atlanta Computer Society's Robotics Special Interest Group, and his friends Bill Dodd of Hobby Robotics in Hazlehurst, Georgia, and Robert Wagoner teamed up to build a promotional robot for a California store owner. Gutmann, an AT&T computer maintenance employee, provided the electronic skills needed for the robot's "nervous system." Dodd, whose training is in industrial automation, handled the mechanics. Wagoner designed the software. Their $12,000 to $15,000 creation, named "Oscar," after the Computer Shack store owner who requested the robot, attracts customers by announcing sales and specials." – Robots: Machines in Man's Image (p.118), by Isaac Asimov and Karen A. Frankel.
