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Grid-Eye Sensor

Grid-Eye Sensor

The Panasonic Grid-EYE is an 8 x 8 (64) pixel infrared array and looks to be a great sensor for robotics here is a jpeg of the (PIC based) demo prototype that I built to evaluate the sensor...
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Wiring

Wiring

Is there a good diagram of the wiring of the JD Robot? It really is not that clear on the website.
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Rs Media Bot Motor Controllers

I actually have 2 Rad bots ,3 WowWee RS V2's and 1 RS Media Robosapien and both rads are fixed and ready for upgrades but the V2's all had the stripped wire damage and possibly blew the foot regulators or transister boards but all motors,sensors and cameras still are good.The RS media is almost working ,I have fixed the arm linkages and currently...
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Need Help Controlling An Led

Need Help Controlling An Led

Hello! I have a project that I need to create an animation paired with a sound file. I need to be able to control a single LED and have it randomly flicker when I...
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Soundboard (Pc)

Soundboard (Pc)

What is the Soundboard (PC) window for? There is no editor. Obviously I want to choose this one rather than (V4) because the sound is better. I want my robot to dance to Vogue by Madonna.
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Roli Won't Do Anything

Roli stopped working. He got tipped over on his side but he responded fine after that. He worked fine when I brought him home and played with him. This was wednesday. Friday I took him to the other school and he made the chime but his battery was low. I put him on the charger but when it turned green and I turned him back on. Nothing happened. He...
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ARC Screen Freezes After Connecting To Jd

I have had JD for a while without any problems but I can not get past the connection anymore. The debug says I am connected and it shows the right IP but immediately after I pressed the connect button I hear JD beep once and the screen freezes. The connect button goes dark but I can read "disconnect" on it. My OS is Windows 10 on an Acer...
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Adventure Bot

I recently began working on 4 Adventure Bots I ordered for my classroom back in June. Unfortunately, even after downloading the Adventure Bot app, only one wheel works on 2 of the robots. I thought perhaps it was an issue with coding, but half of the bots don't have this problem. I was wondering if there is something technically I can do or if a...
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Help Connecting Ed7273 Robot To Ezb

Help Connecting Ed7273 Robot To Ezb

I got these 2 robots#1 "white" ED7273 cheap though unable to get feedback from Korean company that sold them (Originally 2012)..I would like...
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Remote Areas No Wi-Fi Available,Ad Hoc

sorry just wondering about any ad hoc setting between ez b robot cotroller and my laptop/android phone. Will it work out at my cottage where we have no wi-fi available? I want to control robot outside at night to document animals coming around at night ,does the ez b still make it's own wifi connection to my laptop/cell phone? confused
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Iphone Camera

I would like to know if anyone has used an iphone camera for an Ez-Robot camera. If yes can you send me to a discussion link or tell me how it was done? I am thinking about using it as a robot head.
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New To 3D Printing Question About Print Layout

Hey all Im new to 3d printing. I bought a cheap printer clone (prusa i3). It actually prints surprisingly well for most small prints. I asked a couple days ago about printing out a full 6 hexapod and downloaded the files from thingiverse. I am using cura 15.04 which I believe is the newest cura software. My question is , can I change the...