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Speech Recognition

I am using speech recognition in my robot Antonn. I have about 50 commands and responses. Right now there are 4 basic topics these commands fit into. They are introduction conversation responses where the robot talks about himself, conversational responses for verbal interaction, Alexa command interaction and commands which operate digital outputs....
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Error In Auto Position After Creating New Frame Exporting To A File And Importin

Error In Auto Position After Creating New Frame Exporting To A File And Importin

Hi I Try to import new frames I have created for JD Project...
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Save On Exit

Is there an option to automatically save a project on exit? If not can a script save a project?
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Grip ,Servo Out Of Service After Calibration Fine

I am french, and the grip servo from jd is out of service after fine calibration?
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Heathkit Hero Jr + Ez Board

Heathkit Hero Jr + Ez Board

Hello all, New member here! I just acquired a working Hero Jr and was wondering whats would be the best way to connect an EZ-B 4 to it? Thanks, Amado
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Companion Robot

Companion Robot

Hi everyone, as im going to be bringing 2 vintage robots into the 21st century, i am wanting also to eventually build my girlfriend a companion bot. She lives overseas in asia, and it's...
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Ez Lipo Balancer/Charger

since I had quite a severe Lipo battery explosion a few weeks ago that nearly set my place on fire,due to my lack of understanding charging modern battery packs. I have made it my mission to research everything about all battery types Nickel cadium,Nimh high power and Lipo high power. I do have a few older nickel battery packs that I have re...
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Inverse Kinematic

Inverse Kinematic

This is a 2 part question on Revolution Six. 1. Has anyone added servos to Six to give it 18 dof? 2. Has anyone added code for inverse kinematics to improve the gait?
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On/Off Switches

On/Off Switches

I'm very new to building robots and I was wondering if someone could tell me how to connect an on off switch with the LiPo battery to power the EZ B V4 controller?
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Ezb-Rad Robot Ready For Field Investigating All By Itself

Absolutely thrilled at how easy it is to program the paranormal self-investigating project Rad robot using the EZB-4 system . All I can say is for the small cost of the EZB computer and an old 1990 toy robot bought for a few dollars at a flee market,this is amazing guys! thank you so much for developing this system! i am ready for actual out door...
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Ez-B Battery

Hello DJ Sures, Me again, I just had a quick question about what batteries you can use with the EZ-B. Can you use any Li-Po battery aslong as it is under 9v? If so, what would you suggest? Thanks, Joshua
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Replacing Servos In Jd's Foot

I'm upgrading the servos in JD's feet to HDD and I think I remember seeing detailed step by step instructions on how to replace the servos.... but after extensive searching I can't find them Any idea if such instructions exist? Thanks, Frank