Robot Building Questions

Another Dynamixel Servo Plugin Request

Robots (Mfg. of Dynamixl servos) has released their "TurtleBot 3" kits. "TurtleBot3 is a small, affordable, programmable, ROS-based mobile robot for use in education, research, hobby, and product prototyping." (From Robotics) These kits include a Robotics OpenCR board to control the servos, a Raspberry Pi (with camera) as...

Alternative To Speech Recognition As A Fail Safe Method

I am looking to use JD as an assistant in a comedy show I am doing for children. I know the children can create a lot of noise. Therefore I need to find the best fallback if speech recognition does not work. Is a keyboard shortcut the best alternative?

Questions Connecting To Robots Wifi

All our robots seem to have issue connecting the laptop to the robot wifi. I have ran updates on ARC latest version installed 2018.09.30.01and it then shows update available but when i download the latest version ending in 02 in doesn't install? When trying to connect the laptop to the robot the connecting always times out? Any help on getting...

Servo Recorder Control

The servo recorder is great but only seems to playback any servos only connected to Board 0. I can record from Board 1 using the servo pad control ( it shows data) but it won't playback the recordings of those servos connected to Board 1 or any other board (1-4). Am I missing anything obvious or is the servo recorded control only for board 0? I am...

Servo Control Voltage

I don't have a scope to verify this but would I be correct in assuming that the servo control voltage going to the servo is 3.3 volts on any particular digital port that a servo is connected to on an EZ Controller? The power to the servo would be the battery voltage that the EZ Controller is powered up from which is typically 7.2 Volts? Thanks...

Broken / Stripped Servo Joints

I am having problems with the plastic joints stripping out where the servo gear contacts the joint. I have not used this bot but 4 times and he is setup properly. where can I get replacement joints....neck.....leg off of foot. Does anyone have 3d printer files that I can use to print replacements?

Red Pepper Harvesting Robot

Hello friends , I will make an red pepper harvesting robot for my graduation project. It is my homework to graduate . The robot should be able to pick red vegetables from a garden and leave the green or yellow ones. It should perform this task autonomously and without damaging the plant. The Robot will go in a garden , When it detects rep pepper ,...

Logitech Joystick

I am looking into getting a logitech joystick, but I have a question. Does the Logitech joystick connect directly to the V4 EZB or does it require a computer? I just want to make sure it can be stand alone before I purchase the joystick...

Two 7.4 Volt 360 Servo Step Up To 48 Volt 1000 Watt Motors

Looking for recommendations on commercial fabrication of h-bridge for above. Burned up one electrical engineer (not literally) who tried to hook up ezb4 with 48v motor. Looking for someone who is honorable and wants a good day's work for a good days pay. Telemetry 100% complete, body 90% complete, mechanics 90% complete. Perferr performance...