DJ Sures' Robots
Embark on a captivating journey where vintage toys are reborn as futuristic companions in "Teaching Old Toys New Tricks." Our visionary founder, DJ Sures, transforms forgotten relics into personalized robot pals using the powerful Synthiam platform and cutting-edge technologies. Picture your favorite childhood toys brought to life, responding to commands and learning new tricks – a perfect blend of nostalgia and innovation. Each creation is a unique work of art, a testament to DJ Sures' craftsmanship, making these robot companions not just novelties but partners in adventure and fun. Join us in this enchanting fusion of past and present, where old toys find new life as cherished and interactive friends.
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DJ's K8 Intel Realsense & Navigation
We're going to play with the new robot that I have been re-building. Added the Rock Pi/x, Intel Realsense T265 & D435i, and the...
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DJ's Tamiya Bulldozer Robot
This is a tutorial on how to modify the Tamiya Bulldozer to be driven by modified servos rather than the DC motorset. The software controlling this robot is ARC....
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's First Live Robot Hack
In this archived video, he gives a tour of the facility and discovers Build-a-bear costumes fit the EZ-Robot JD Humanoid perfectly! The hack he performs is on a...
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DJ's The Real Wall-E
It's been a very crazy past few weeks. I took a day off today. Yes! I admit it. I took a day off... And I built a robot Felt great to be back in the hacking saddle! This Wall-E...
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WiinterU |
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DJ's Wowwee Roboquad
The WowWee RoboQuad makes for a perfectly affordable unique robot platform, with the aid of EZ-Robot. Description: After adding support for his WowWee RoboSapien, DJ continued on...
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WiinterU |
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DJ's Multiple Robots With One Joystick
Demonstration how I controlled 6 robots with one joystick in my Pecha Kucha presentation. In this video, I use an Omnibot, Omnibot 2000, Wall-e,...
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WiinterU |
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DJ's Hasbro R2d2 Hacked With Iotiny
This build was in two parts. The original build was hacked live at Comic Expo in Calgary Alberta with an EZ-B v3 in 2012. It was a fun hack, because I...
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Sproket |
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DJ's Drd 3D Printable Robot
I wanted a robot that was super easy to 3D print and was least number of parts to make. This robot was inspired from the Farscape DRD robots. There's merely 2...
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Nink |
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DJ's Test Bots (Turtlebot 3, And K-8)
I will be upgrading my test robots with single-board computers (SBCs). I'll be adding the Intel Up Board and Rock Pi/x to each of the robots. The...
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DJ's Irobot Roomba Hack
DJ modifies an iRobot Roomba to be wirelessly controlled with the EZ-B. He also adds a webcam and voice recognition! This is all done by soldering only two wires from an old...
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TMesserschmidt |
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DJ's 6Th Live Hack Event (Raspberry Pi & Neopixel With Arduino)
In this 6th installment of DJ's Live Hack Events, we'll be installing EZ-Builder on a...
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1983 Robot Magazines Show Robots Haven't Changed
Take a trip with us into the past down memory lane - or - aka the time before now! We spend 3 and a half hours browsing 3...
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DJ's DJ’S Test Platform (K8)
This is my robot I rebuilt to use as a test platform for ARC. When developing skills and ARC features, this is one of the robots I use for testing with. Hardware...
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EzAng |
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Robot Learn A New Object
I'll be using the camera and speech recognition to instruct the robot to learn a new object. I'll demonstrate how new objects can be taught and recognized. We'll probably...
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DJ's Intel Realsense T265 Adventures-Bot Part 3
This is a test with the Intel RealSense T265 tracking camera for localization with the EZ-Robot AdventureBot. I use 3...
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Proteus |
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A Little Of This, A Little Of That
We'll take it as it goes tonight in this last-minute live hack event. My plan is to do a few things with the ESP32 Cam and see if we can get servos with...
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ESP32 Connect To ARC
I'll be programming the ESP32 Doit DevKit v1 with a firmware which turns it into an EZ-B for ARC to connect and control. We'll hook up a servo and demonstrate how to move it. Maybe...
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DJ's Imperial AT-AT Walker Robot - The Force Is With Me!
This year i made a decision to get back into building robots. So, I'll start with this! Kind of ironic, an...
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DJ's Ez-B V4 Dalek
I built a Dalek EZ-Robot tonight. Well, i upgraded my EZ-B v3 hack to the v4 and added a few more servos. One to control the nose plunger thingy on their face up and down. And two...
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DJ's Trs-80 Model 100 Controlled Wall-E
Watch the video I think the title say it all! I hacked my 1983 Tandy TRS-80 Model 100 Portable "Computer" with a TTL Bluetooth...
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Irobot Roomba Live Hack
Gonna hack the iRobot Roomba and connect it to the ARC software... Making it into a real robot! Put a camera on it and all that jazz. We'll be using the iRobot Roomba...
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robo rad |
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Atari 600Xl - Another Retro Game Night Hack
Last minute notice of my hack - and something a little different. I'll be adding a Raspberry Pi 4 to an Atari 600xl with Retro Pie....
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The Lattepanda Robot Hack
I'm hacking the lattepanda to control Robotis Dynamixel servos and use a USB camera for machine vision. This will be a fun hack because the LattePanda is a powerful robot...
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cem |
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Dimension Engineering Sabertooth & Kangaroo
I'll be connecting a Dimension Engineering Sabertooth to their Kangaroo and controlling via Synthiam's ARC robot software....
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DJ's Self Docking Robot
I used an Ohmnilabs Telepresence robot to write some self docking code as an example. I really like their docking mechanism, which uses magnets. Something like this can be...
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DJ's Robotis XM430 Dynamixel Arm With Open CM9.04
I was using a robotis arm for picking stuff up - albeit nothing special, but thought the process might be useful to some...
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DJ's Robot Blinds Control
Lazy much? Blind control to major tom... I can now control the blind/shades on my deck from my phone! With a little bit of hot glue, a couple wood screws and some pieces...
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Robot As Puppet To Control Another Robot By Reading Servo Positions
In this hack, I'll be showing how to control a robot with another robot as a puppet by...
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WiinterU |
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Intel Up Board As A Robot Controller
I'll be installing ARC on an Intel Up Board and demonstrating its capabilities as a robot controller. I'll start from a brand new installation of...
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Exosphere Community Beta Live Q&A
DJ Sures will be introducing Exosphere's community beta in a live Q&A session. Questions related to Exosphere are welcomed. He'll talk about...
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DJ's 7Th Live Hack (Neopixel, Arduino, Raspberry Pi Ezbpi Server)
Today's live hack, we'll play with the Arduino and see if we can get it to control...
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Raspberry Pi Hacking Atari 2600
A little different tonight, rather than hacking robots. I'm a retro gamer at heart, and have been on a mission adding raspberry pi emulation to my retro game...
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DJ's Robot Head
With an animatronic robot head, DJ created a new feature for ARC. This robot was used as a platform for the Relative Servo Tracking Camera Control option. Description: Animatronic companies...
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Commodore 64 Arduino/Raspberry Pi Hack! O_O
Last retro console hack before I get back into programming some robots. I'm taking my original C64 breadbox that I grew up with and...
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Hacking Decision... C64 Or Fairchild Channel F?
I know... I know... DJ's hacking more game consoles again? Yup! I do love robots as much as you, but I also love distractions....
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robo rad |
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Hacking The Thermal Camera AMG8833
I'll be creating an EZ-Builder behavior control that receives and displays data from the Thermal Camera AMG8833. It'll be a long boring evening of...
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DJ's 9Th Live Hack - Raspberry Pi + Dynamixel... Together For Ever!
This is a short live hack where I will demonstrate how to... 1) Install EZ-Builder on...
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DJ's Revolution Snake
I dived into the box fresh injection molded parts from our manufacturer tonight and built this EZ-Robot Revolution Snake! It uses a SIN wave for each servo position.
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RoboHappy |
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Live Hacking Microsoft Mixed Reality VR To Control A Robot
I'll be demonstrating how to control servos and see what the robot sees using a Microsoft Mixed Reality...
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PWM Servo Position Feedback (Read Servo Position)
I'll be hacking a PWM Servo to have positional feedback for EZ-Builder using an EZ-B v4. You can also perform the same...
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DJ's JD Humanoid Puppet
Credit for this robot idea goes to @Nink, who suggested it based on my PWM Servo Feedback behavior control. I wrote a quick script that reads the realtime servos of one JD...
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Dj's 5Th Live Hack Session
In this 5th live robot hacking event, I will demonstrate how to program an Arduino and connect it to EZ-Builder via USB and Bluetooth. I'll also control a Robotis...
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Dave Schulpius |
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Hacking Robotis Opencm 9.04 With Bioloid
I will be hacking the Robotis OpenCM 9.04 controller with EZ-Builder using a Bioloid. We'll install the Arduino OpenCM library and connect...
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Mickey666Maus |
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DJ's Apple II Pi Hack (Part 2/2)
In this hack, I'll continue the Apple II conversion to the Pi. I created an Arduino PCB that converts the Apple II keyboard and 16 pin analog joystick to...
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DJ's Apple II Pi Hack (Part 1/2)
Remember my Apple II computer from a previous live hack event? Well, I'm going to add a Raspberry Pi to it's guts and use an Arduino to connect the Apple II...
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DJ's 8Th Live (Not) Hack... We're Playing Games!
I was sick with a massive head-cold and made it through without overdosing on NyQuil last week and skipped a live hack...
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DJ's 4Th Hack Event (Arduino, Bioloid, Lewansoul, And More)
In the last event, some people asked me to demonstrate how to use the LewanSoul Serial Servos. Also,...
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DJ's Third Hack Night
We're going to play with EZ-Builder software, build Perry's robot eyes, make Dynamixel servo cables, demonstrate how to move dynamixel servos and record positions, and more! As...
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DJ's How Do I Shovel My Snow?
With a robot, of course! What did you expect? This is a robot shell that I built with some students in the summer for a robot challenge. The robot chassis is from...
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DJ's Machine Learning And Cognitive Services Jd Humanoid Robot
We had been working on plugins for the Microsoft Cognitive Services, and I was testing them with...
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DJ's And Now For Something Completely Different (Pdp-8)
This isn’t robot related... although I used ARC to make the software vc8e emulator. Read on... I’ve always...
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DJ's Autonomous Robocar
Here's a robot that I built last year to follow the lanes of a small test track. This was built 24 hours before attending Chris Anderson's DIY Robo Cars meetup. I was told...
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DJ's Adventurebot Chasing Red Ball
Have you ever found something so hipnotic that you can sit and watch it for hours? That's what happened to me after programming this AdventureBot to...
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's Roli Rover Robot Chasing Red Ball
It seems that programming an EZ-Robot to chase a red ball is a popular exercise of mine. I've done it with this hexapod and an AdventureBot to!...
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DJ's Six Hexapod Robot Tracking Ball
This was a fun use of ARC to configure a Six Hexapod to track and chase a red ball. Earlier this evening, we had a group of teachers and educators...
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's Jd Humanoid Controlled By Microsoft Kinect
Microsoft had sent me a Kinect a few years ago, and I embarrassingly finally got around to doing something with it. I created...
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's DJ's Omnibot 2000
I just finished a short video with clips of building my Omnibot 2000, you can watch it here. This robot contains all of the great new features of ARC - Wii Remote Control -...
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DJ's Ips (Indoor Positioning System)
For quite a few years, i've been mentioning that I have been working on a positioning system for ez-robots. I guess it's time that i share my...
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Ellis |
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DJ's Apple Watch Robot Control
Not sure how many of you have seen this, but we added Apple Watch support to the ARC iOS app! For the longest time, no one knew what an Apple Watch was good for...
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DJ's I Taught Jd To Serve Snacks
Did you know I'm a huge fan of M&Ms? Only the peanut butter kind! There's an event tomorrow at google (BotLuck), and my JD will be serving snacks....
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DJ's Darth Vader Humanoid Robot
I made this Darth Jader for an upcoming The Robot Program episode. Wanted to share the robot exclusively with the ez-robot forum before the real episode goes...
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DJ's Omnibot TV Watching
The latest version of the EZ-SDK and ARC contains an enhanced motion tracking update. The quality and edge detection algorythm has been modified and seems to work great!!...
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DJ's Tomy Omnibot
This was probably the funnest robot I have created yet. It is a wicked platform with a lot of room to grow. I've been adding sensors and programming to it ever since I got it. Project...
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DJ's Fisher Price Chatter
This is the strangest robot that I've ever built... But i had to, can you blame me?
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DJ's Super Six Hexapod
You may have seen this video of a real large ez-robot hexapod... That is a robot i built over the summer at my cabin with a 3d printer for the Intel IDF16 conference in San...
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's Jd's Friday The 13Th
Beware of the robots on Friday the 13th! Thanks for the face mask Justin
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Proteus |
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DJ's Teddy Ruxpin Robot Version 1
I added a new robot today. It is a Teddy Ruxpin, if you remember him? He was a talking toy from the 1980's that used a tape player. His mouth and eyes...
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's Robot Head
I started on a little project for a humanoid-type platform. I have ideas for the body and such, but i'm starting with the head because i'm adding new features to ARC for it.
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's At Home With Jd
I took the evening off to chill at home with JD for my first time. I tweaked many of the existing motions to be more fluid and not as clunky, it was a lot of fun! I didn't know...
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's Myo Gesture Tutorial
The MYO is a creative controller for interacting with your ez-robot. It uses gestures and an accelerometer to trigger actions, events and move servos. This tutorial...
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's Introducing Jd
JD finally gets a little introduction video...
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DJ's Jd Wants His Rubber Duck
Should I give it to him? lol
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's Mobile App Developer Tutorial
So, you've built your ez-robot and now you would like to make your own mobile app. Did you know EZ-Robot has a robot appstore? And that you can easily...
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's Detect Multiple Colors
One of the features that makes ez-robot so special is the camera that can detect faces, objects, glyphs, qr codes and multiple colors. For this tutorial, we will use...
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's Wii Remote Controlled Robot
Recently, I've added a great deal of support to the Wiimote Control in ARC. This includes EZ-Scriptable buttons and a few other goodies. I set Wall-e to be...
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Dunning-Kruger |
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DJ's ARC Overview
The ultimate robot software ARC is leading the way for the next generation of robotics. Here's a short video I put together to introduce some of the features.
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Aerius |
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DJ's Jd Connects To Nest Thermostat
I put this little tutorial and robot together to show how you can connect your JD to a Nest Thermostat. It's neat because you can be anywhere in the...
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's Elastic Band Shooter
In parallel with James' Elastic Band Turret build, we were building a robot today. I came up with a slightly different elastic band shooter that uses a servo with a...
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's Hey Jd, Need A Lift?
JD was a little lazy today...
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DJ's Taught Jd How To Somersault
Don't try this at home!
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's I Shall Call Him Norm
Norm is a very fitting name, no?
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thetechguru |
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DJ's So, I Taught Jd How To Play The Piano
This is just the first version... I think it'll be a good idea to put a robot band together after the holidays
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Dunning-Kruger |
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DJ's Six Hexapod Demo Dance
Playing with the Six Hexapod tonight... thought I would share this
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VGosine |
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DJ's Funny 3 Legged Robot
Some of the guys around the office were thinking of creative combinations today. I stumbled across their final "creation" this afternoon and wondered if I could...
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DJ's How About A Dance-Off?
Hey community, how would you feel about an ezrobot dance-off contest? Here is the STL file for the microphone:...
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DJ's Philo Junior Color Tracking Test
Hey there! I was playing around with the Philo Junior. This example uses the camera option "Track By Relative Position", in case anyone...
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Nomad 6R |
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DJ's Revolution. The History Of
I created this thread in the Project Showcase because, well, it was once a project... and now it is a company. I'd like to tell you a little story about the...
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DJ's Project: Scarab
I started a new project today... But I didn't get very far. I stopped right after I started because I decided to wait until next week to finish it. Solarbotics had asked me to do a...
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Hazbot |
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DJ's Ez-Robot Takes The Secret Challenge Competition
EZ-Robot is sponsoring a team of awesome children to build a robot to compete in the Western Canadian Robot Games!...
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LJ |
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DJ's Tomy Omnibot V1
This was an exciting project that DJ Sures had been planning for weeks. He purchased the Tomy Omnibot off Ebay and started hacking it within hours from the post office. He modified...
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's Cyborg Snowman
What do roboticists do when it snows? Click to find out Description: We had a big snowfall in Calgary Canada this weekend. What do roboticists do when it snows? They make robot...
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DJ's Master Blaster Robot
DJ Sures named this robot Master Blaster. Don't ask us why, he still doesn't know. But he's pretty simple and is remote controlled. He has no sensors for object...
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DJ's Teddy Ruxpin Robot V1
DJ Sures built this Teddy Ruxpin Robot from a toy that he purchased off Ebay. The toy was broken, so he didn't feel bad taking it apart (or cutting off his head). But,...
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DJ's Scarab Creepy Robot
Some people say this is creepy... Others think he's cute. You be the judge This was a remote control toy called the Scarab. DJ has modified it to host an EZ-B with an...
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DJ's Dalek
Are you familiar with Doctor Who? The longest running Sci-Fi TV show from Britain! Some would argue who is the Doctor's worst enemy... Is it the Cybermen? Daleks? The Master? DJ Sures is certain the...
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DJ's Robot Dog Chases Ball
Are you allergic to dogs? Well DJ Sures is! So what's the next best thing? That's right, a robot dog that chases red balls. Description: What to do when you are...
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DJ's Omnibot 2000
Standing 26 inches tall, the Omnibot 2000 was the latest from Tomy in their series of Omnibots. DJ got hold of a damaged one off eBay and converted it into a Personal Robot - One which...
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DJ's Voice Recognition Robot
Re-using the Cookie Monster shell to show off the EZ-B's Voice Recognition ability. This robot will respond to voice commands. Description: You may have seen this...
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DJ's The Real Wall-E
DJ Sures has made a few Wall-E mods in the past, but this one is sure to be unique! DJ added a camera and a vertical servo to Wall-E's head. With these new additions, EZ-B and ARC,...
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DJ's AR Drone Parrot
DJ connects the AR Drone Parrot to ARC and has it chase a red ball around the room. This adds many great new features to your already awesome AR Drone Flying Robot! Description: DJ...
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DJ's Vision Tracking Robot
This is a test robot DJ Sures created to trial a new module that he has been working on. It tracks and follows objects by their color. This robot was sadly never given...
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DJ's Cookie Monster Robot
A few years ago DJ Sures had built a Cookie Monster robot that ran on its own with 2D autonomous programming. Today DJ had removed the old circuit board and replaced it...
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DJ Sures |
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DJ's Spider Robot
This robot uses two DC motors instead of modified servos. The ADC Distance Sensor detects objects and the autonomous mode has many random delays for a jerky spider movement. Description:...
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DJ's Robophilo
The RoboPhilo Junior is a fantastic and affordable Humanoid Platform for the EZ-Robot Complete Kit. Description: The RoboPhilo Junior is a fantastic and affordable humanoid platform. The...
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DJ's Snow Shovel Robot
DJ Sures builds a robot that he equips with a shovel. The robot shovels outside in the cold, while DJ stays warm inside. Description: DJ Sures from EZ-Robot builds a robot that...
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