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Rafiki front bumper plugin: reads 4 proximity sensors via serial, updates ARC variables, blocks motor movement toward detected obstacles for SLAM

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Archetype droid using EZbits and an EZ-B: expandable design, currently on a 2A regulator with supercap fix; battery upgrade and videos planned.

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Sparkfun Mp3 Trigger

Sparkfun Mp3 Trigger

Does anyone one know where to grab a trigger off the Sparkfun MP3 trigger board? I am using one to make the GBot speak but my neon does not light reliably. Im pretty sure its...
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Mayday Mayday Mayday

Mayday Mayday Mayday

HELP! When I try to open my project file I get this; I was doing some script writing and the program started acting weird, so I saved the project and shut down ARC. Now I can't...
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Neato Project - How To Unplug The Fan Without Stopping The Neato

Hello everyone, It's been a long time since I didnt dive into my hobby again. After having built two awesome remotely controlable robots to play with my cats when I'm away, I am now trying to retrofeed a Neato XV21 vacuum into a floor scrubbing robot, using an EZB to activate a pump that will inject the cleaning solution when the wheels are...
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Where's Waldo?

Where's Waldo?

Who can find waldo?
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Movement Scripting Help Please?>

Movement Scripting Help Please?>

Can anyone help with scripting? I need to be able to have the speed of the G-Bot be ramped up and down rather than full on/off or there is a serious risk it...
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Can't Download Andriod App

Hi, I'm a newbie... I'm having trouble downloading the Android version of ARC from the EZ Robot website. I'm getting a message on my tablet that says "For security, your tablet is set to block installation of apps obtained from unknown sources." There's a "Settings" button just below the message which I would assume leads you to...
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Is There An Sequence To Escape / When Using In A String For Path Vars?

example This is ok $BasePath = "G:" but this gives error $BasePath = "G:/" it is because of the / , im asuming is being used as an escape char in Ez-Script. is there a way to escape this?
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***Ping*** Robot-Doc

Hey Doc, hope you don't mind me asking... The flashforge printer you mentioned... What software are you using with it? How (or do you even need to) is the print platform leveled/adjusted?
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Rgb Animator Action Panel

I opened the RGB Animator from Project --> Add --> i2c --> RGB Animator. When I do this, the window Actions column is empty. When I click on the gear icon The windows comes up in full form but all entries are empty. I thought there would be a set of 'sample' actions loaded. Thanks.
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Adc Motor Control Script

Attempting to control a motor with potentiometer (adc) and get it to move in correct direction (using hbridge) to a specified ADC position ideally I want the motor to operate like a servo ,give it a value and it will find that position and stop, this adcspecified would vary. script if ($adcSpecified = 135) (Get error "variable not defined on...
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Wifi Connection Question

Hi, I just got my Six robot and assembled it. I can't get it to connect to my PC. I've been through the tutorials. Here's the basic info: EZ-B v4 0684 is showing up in my list of available networks. I can connect to it but there's an exclamation point over the signal strength icon. I've been through the tutorial and have followed the instructions....
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Look What I Got

Look What I Got

Hello everyone! I just got my first shipment of parts from china which included: 8x relays and 1x 5amp adjusting power adapter(Audiowind). Just waiting for some regulators, and I should be...