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Route Audio File Out To EZB 1

Route Audio File Out To EZB 1

ARC is running on an Atomic Pi inside my bot, and I’m trying to get audio to come from the head speaker. I’ve got two controllers connected over WiFi: an EZB v4...
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Detect When PC Audio Finishes

Detect When PC Audio Finishes

Is there a built-in variable named $PCPlayingAudio? If not, how can I determine when an audio file has finished playing? I'm using the PlayAudio(filename)...
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Smoothing Frequency Detector To Mega Servo

Smoothing Frequency Detector To Mega Servo

I’ve got an Arduino Mega 2560 connected to ARC over USB using the ARC Arduino capability, with a single MG996R on ARC servo port D0...
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Athena |
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Using Getrss Data In Javascript

Using Getrss Data In Javascript

I’ve got an OpenCM 9.04-C on USB with an XL-320 (ID 1) and ARC is talking to it fine with the Robotis DYNAMIXEL robot skill. I can jog the servo and run a...
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Movement Joystick Analog Speed To Custom Panel

Movement Joystick Analog Speed To Custom Panel

Running ARC on a Rock Pi X mounted in a small 2WD rover. The Rock Pi X connects over USB to an Arduino Nano that drives a Cytron...
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MPU9150 Polling Stalls On Turtlebot3

MPU9150 Polling Stalls On Turtlebot3

Running ARC on a Windows NUC mounted to a TurtleBot3 Burger. OpenCR is on USB for drive, and I added an EZ-B v4 over Wi-Fi just to handle I2C. I...
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Dialogflow + Adventurebot Wifi Setup

Dialogflow + Adventurebot Wifi Setup

I’m trying to drive an AdventureBot using voice intents via the DialogFlow robot skill and running into networking hiccups. The Google service...
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Script AI Needs Track Mapping

Script AI Needs Track Mapping

I need a little guidance with getting the Script AI assistant to do what I need. Maybe I'm not asking correctly so it understands what I want. I've been trying a...
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Touch Path Overshoot On Sphero Turns

Touch Path Overshoot On Sphero Turns

I’m playing with a Sphero (Bluetooth to a Windows laptop) in ARC and trying to have it follow simple shapes using the Touch Path skill. The Sphero...
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Garbage Data On EZ-B UART With GPS

Garbage Data On EZ-B UART With GPS

I’m adding a small u-blox NEO-6M GPS module (TTL serial, default 9600 bps) to my EZ-Robot AdventureBot and trying to verify comms with the Serial...
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Servo Recorder Repeatability On Adventurebot

Servo Recorder Repeatability On Adventurebot

I’m trying to get a repeatable drive pattern out of an AdventureBot using the Servo Recorder skill and I’m hitting some oddities...
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Stop Interface Builder Sliders Jumping On Page Swi

Stop Interface Builder Sliders Jumping On Page Swi

I’ve got a Shell-e build on an EZB IoTiny over WiFi, with head pan on D0 and tilt on D1. I’m trying to make a clean...
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