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Kangaroo

Kangaroo

With much help here trying to handle speed ramping for a sabertooth 2x25 controller driving the G-Bot last year with limited success, I bought a Kanagroo motion controller in hopes of having it handle the...
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Contact With Other Users

Hello, My name is Jim . Is anyone in the Eugene Oregon area working with ARC & EZ Script. If so please let me know .Maybe we can connect .
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Face Rec

Can the EZ v4 recognize individual faces like your mother and then say "hello Sue" Thanks
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New Star Wars Robot

New Star Wars Robot

Check out the new robot that will be on the upcoming Star Wars movie.
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Syntax; Return()

:pingtest Goto(SonarTest) say("Distance" + $Distance + "inches") sleep(5000) Goto(pingtest) :SonarTest $Distance = Round(GetPing(D9,D8)/2.54,0) if(1 < 1000) sleep(25) Return() endif goto(SonarTest) So, it's apparently been too many years since I've attempted to write some code, as I'm getting stumped pretty easy. Can...
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Body Frame & Head Change On: Ez-Robot Jd

Hi all & DJ Spent a good amount of time researching what Robot to purchase, choices were; 1. NAO 2. Robi 3. DarWin 4. EZ-Robot JD 5. Pepper Happy to announce my choice was EZ-Robot JD!:-) Now; we will be working with children who have extream hypersensitivity & ADHD, teaching them how to make apps & run JD. Using JD with children who...
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Wall-E From Junk

Remember the guy who made a DJ robot from flattened plastic water pipe? Well, he's still at it, making a Wall-E from stuff and such. A Wall-E from junk seems kinda fitting to the Wall-E meme, actually. https://www.instructables.com/id/Robot-real-size-LowCost-walle-made-from-water-pipe/
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Battery Not Charging

Battery Not Charging

after setting it up, and testing it. the next time I wanted to continue my test the battery is unable to charge. the 3 red LED keep on blinking. I disconnect the other connection...
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How To Control Dinamixel Servo Type Rx-64 With ARC

How To Control Dinamixel Servo Type Rx-64 With ARC

I have a servo dynamixel type Rx-64 with 4 wire (vcc, Grn, D-, D+) I am confused to programming using ARC , do the servo...
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Low Battery Alerting Incorrectly

I've had EZB4 for about a month now and has been working great until today. In the Desktop Connection settings, I changed the Min Voltage for the Battery Monitor to 5.2, as I'm powering my EZB with a 6 volt battery. I did this a few weeks ago and everything has been fine. Now today, when I'm using my Mobile Interface, I keep hearing the "My...
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Ez-B V4 Wi-Fi Robot Controller

I am using the EZ-B v4 Wi-Fi Robot Controller to replace the receiver in my RC car and make it into a robot . The 7.2 V battery powers both the motor and is connected to the ESC which then plugs into the receiver and powers the receiver also . The other servo for steering is also powered by the connection of the ESC to the receiver . Can you tell...
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Jd - V3 Or V4 Controller?

I bought JD when he first came out! I am seeing some v3 & v4 controller info. Has EZ-Robot already changed to a v4? How can I tell if mine is the v3 or v4? Does the v3 still work with all the program upgrades? Thanks.