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Flex Sensors

Flex Sensors

Has anybody used, or know if these can be used with the EZ-B v4? And if do, how do they connect? These flex/bend sensors would be great if they worked with the EZ-B and ARC. Not much information...
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Ez Robot Cam

Is it possible to connect the cam to a arduino UNO with the ICSP Port? I can't find any datasheet fr the cam :-(
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Variable Not Defined: $Associate

So I'm getting an error that says: " Error on line 21: Variable not defined: $Associate " So how do I define a variable? Code: :Start # check for motion if(getDigital(D18)=1) Print (" associate detected") $Associate = Y $AssociateTime = $time sayEZB(" I SEE a associate") sleep(3000) endif if(getDigital(D17)=1)...
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Help With Simple Script To Restart Camera

So I am trying to get my camera to restart automatically when connection is lost and reestablished... I have script running just fine to get connection back.. however I cant get the script to restart camera back up after connection is back.. I am trying this with no luck.. :loopcam if(IsCameraActive=0) repeatuntil(iscameraactived=1)...
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Changing Over To Lifepo4 Batteries

I am now seriously thinking about converting the ALTAIR robots over to LiFePO4 (Lithium polymer) batteries they are expensive but the advantages are so great that I just have to do the conversion! LiFePO4 are far safer that LiPo and less prone to catching fire, they also last for many more charging cycles before wearing out (up to 10 times as...
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Control Windows Media Player

Control Windows Media Player

Friends, how can I control the windows media Player (or the Itunes) from ARC ? I want my robot (that has an PC inside) to play my sound library, and of course I can...
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How To Use The Joystick Control

How To Use The Joystick Control

I'm really having trouble using the joystick control. How do I connect the controller and how do I use the control? confused
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Best Way To Keep A Script Running?

I have a script that I want to run none stop. What is the best way to do this?
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Ez-B Cad

Ez-B Cad

DJ. i hope you don't mind but couldn't find a CAD drawing of ez b so i put one together for all to use. if it is a problem let me know and i'll remove it EZ B CAD
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I Wonder

I Wonder

I wonder if this cool robot has an EZ-B inside it lol https://www.facebook.com/cduhofficiel/videos/10152757254566384/
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Help Me

Detailed information about the operational use of (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog the window contains at the end of this message. ************** The exception text************** System.NullReferenceException: object Reference not set to an instance of an object. ? System.Speech.Recognition.SpeechRecognitionEngine.InstalledRecognizers() ?...
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Cool Gripper Idea

about the 16th minute of the video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Uo-Wp4kjo