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Microsoft Cognitive Vision Speaking French

Hi, I'm from France. I've tested the Microsoft Cognitive VIsion, it works well, but only with an english description. How can I configure ARC or the plugin to have french answers ? Thanks for your step by step answer, and sorry for my english ! Regards Stephan
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H Bridge

H Bridge

Hey everyone, I have been trying to get my H bridge to move both of my 12 Volt DC motors. They moved a little bit at one point with the control movement panel and a script and when I test them directly to...
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Where Can I Find An Ez-B V4 I2c Peripheral Cable Longer Than 25 Cm?

I am building a 6" tall robot out of old Robotix parts and EZ Robot parts. I need a peripheral cable longer than the 25 cm one offered. Maybe 60 cm or so. Where would I find this, or do I have to just extend the cable by hand with individual wires?
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Connecting The Ln Motor Board

Connecting The Ln Motor Board

hi i read this tutorial,i wanna connect motor board with 1pwm. witsh port do i use to set the pwm ? and where does the power come from to power the motor board ?...
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Servo Question

Servo Question

One of my servos just started to hesitate and move as far back as possible. I changed its location on the robot to see if it was the connection or the servo - the same servo still did this....
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Long Wires Use

does the use of long wires drain the batterie ? i have two new batt drain fast and charge fast.
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Rgb Animations - Turning It Off?

I'm back to experimenting with my standard JD and having a lot of fun with the RGB animations, but when I "stop" an animation JDs eyes stay stuck on his last animation screen so the LEDs no longer change but they don't go back to blank like I would like them to. I'd like to set his eyes to a blank all off state. Can I do that? I tried to...
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Image From Radar Window

Image From Radar Window

i use an ping sensor with the radar window.do i cant see the red line, it makes ,just a chort piece.is this correct ? also can i use 4 ping sensors in one project ? thanks...
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Jx Pdi-6221Mg

Hi all new here im new to ezrobot and more used to arduino my question is will the EZ-B V4 controller run the JX PDI-6221MG servos? as they are 330hz and arduino servo.h cant run them. so looking at jumping on board with the ezrobot crew. many thanks for any advice.
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Wire Wraps

If you ever lose a wire wrap, you can make your own with Mordie's easy instructions: https://youtu.be/fGts3x4-yS4
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Jd Sees Me

i finally found the face recognition.lots of fun.
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Make Your Robot Follow You

hey, I am building a robot for the world makerfaire @ NY. and I cameup with tht idea of making my robot follow me, but i dont really know how to make it. Does anyone knows?