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Halfbug

Halfbug

Had to share this cute bot.
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Store Re-Opening?

any more news on what new stuff is going to be on sale in the store and when is the new stuff going to be there , I'm itching to spend my credit eek
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Sabertooth 2X5 + Ez-B 4 Setup + Battery Considerations

Hi all, I've been playing around with my Ez-B 4 controller and loving every minute learning about its features. The robot I intend to install it into is a Lynxmotion Johnny 5 tracked robot, with minor modifications (the original SSC-32 servo controller has been removed). I've become really confused on how to set up the Sabertooth 2x5 R/C motor...
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How Can I Make My Wall-E Do Things On Its Own

Hi guys I was wondering how to make my wall-e do things on it's own, like turning around after I stop using him for a few seconds. Thanks Dante
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Something Wrong When I Connect ARC To My Jd Robot

Hi all, Since I've configured my EZ-B v4 to my wifi (D-link router), when I launch EZ-buider application and connect it, it freez, I've to kill the application to defreez it. Here's the log: 2015-02-22 16:20 - Welcome to EZ-B v4 Beta! here I click on connect and it freez 2015-02-22 16:20 - *Warning: There is 1 bytes of unexpected data available on...
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Screen Casting Software That Jd Uses?

JD, what software you using to do your screen casting in? I have Screenflow for the Mac, but looking at something for the PC. Leaning towards CamStudio. Your very good at the screen casting by the way.
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Auto Position

Auto Position

Hi, In 'Auto Position' can the Servo position number in a Frame be displayed with the value in the 'hundreds' units. example: Displaying 100 rather than just 10. I know you can click on the...
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Roli And Roboscout Interacting, Well Sort Of

Roli And Roboscout Interacting, Well Sort Of

This is a video of my Roli interacting with my Roboscout. Any part of the conversation that makes sense is purely accidental
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Triggering 12V Relays From Digital Ports

Triggering 12V Relays From Digital Ports

Hey guys, what's the best and safest way to trigger 12V Relays from the Digital pins? Thanks. I tried a Tip120 Circuit with a 1K resistor,...
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Beyond Jd

I ran across a 3D Printable robot on Thingiverse that may be the next step beyond JD. Poppy The Robot https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:689134 It looks really interesting. The main website for Poppy is https://www.poppy-project.org/ Unfortunately it uses Dynamixel Servos (which is not uncommon for academic projects) and they are really expensive....
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How Do I Creat A Script

How do I do this, do i insert actions somewhere or what. Please help! stress
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ARC Software Question

ARC Software Question

I dont know if its on my new laptop but I just got a new Yoga 2 Pro and downloaded the latest version of ARC. But as I opened it, the scaling of the content was really off. I...