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Omron HVC-P Vars Not Updating On Shell-E

Omron HVC-P Vars Not Updating On Shell-E

Working on a Shell-e build with an IoTiny over WiFi and trying to use the Omron HVC-P skill to do simple face tracking for a pan/tilt head...
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Speech Recognition Low Confidence Issue

Speech Recognition Low Confidence Issue

I'm having issues running the Speech Recognition Robot Skill in ARC Pro (version 2026.04.16.01). A script I use (titled "JD - Are You a...
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EZ-B Settings Targets Wrong Board

EZ-B Settings Targets Wrong Board

I’ve got an OpenCR 1.0 (Robotis) flashed with DJ’s OpenCR v1 firmware and connected to ARC over USB at 921,600 baud on COM5. That side is solid-servos...
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Distance Sensor Query

Distance Sensor Query

@Athena, Thread theme: Scanning strategy Since IR_TRACKER_v1 and OBS_SCAN_v1 share the same servo and the same IR sensor and make incompatible assumptions about the sensor...
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Remote Mouse DPI Scaling On Ohmni

Remote Mouse DPI Scaling On Ohmni

I’m running ARC directly on an Ohmnilabs Ohmni telepresence robot (Windows 10 Pro on the UpBoard. I use the Ohmnilabs Standalone movement panel to drive...
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PCA9685 I2C Port Selection

PCA9685 I2C Port Selection

Hi Athena, I'm using the PCA9685 Robot Skill in ARC with an EZB v4 controller, and the PCA9685 is connected to the EZB v4 via the I2C port. I'm not getting any response...
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Atan2 Bearing Geometry Fix

Atan2 Bearing Geometry Fix

Summary: incorporating atan2() geometry @Athena - please review the following Arduino Mega sketch. This sketch implements a UART packet protocol over Serial3 to...
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Ultrasonic Radar Sweep Spikes On EZ-B V4

Ultrasonic Radar Sweep Spikes On EZ-B V4

I’ve got an EZ-B v4 on my 2WD bot (WiFi client mode), running an HCSR04 on a pan servo and using the Ultrasonic Radar skill to do simple...
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UART_V6 Subject Line Options:- UART_V6 Waypoint Be…

UART_V6 Subject Line Options:- UART_V6 Waypoint Be…

Hi @Athena, I'm trying to make an ARC UART script that works seamlessly with an Arduino Mega. Both scripts are...
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Connect By Name On Ohmni Dual NIC

Connect By Name On Ohmni Dual NIC

Hardware/setup: Ohmnilabs Telepresence Robot (Ohmni) running Windows 10 on the onboard UpBoard. I’m using the Ohmnilabs Standalone movement panel to drive...
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Ultrasonic Radar Left/Right Flipped Lattepanda

Ultrasonic Radar Left/Right Flipped Lattepanda

Running ARC on a LattePanda (Windows 10) using the onboard Arduino Leonardo with the EZ-Genuino_Leonardo firmware (Dec 11,...
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Vuzix AR Drift On Roli Pan/Tilt

Vuzix AR Drift On Roli Pan/Tilt

I’ve got a Roli Rover (EZ-B v4 over WiFi, client mode) with the EZ-Robot pan/tilt and camera mounted up front (pan on D0, tilt on D1). Camera Device skill is...