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Servos Moving Forward

Hi Guys and and Girls, i have got K9 responding to voice commands, including some responses from him verbally. so things are going great apart from... when i ask him to move forward his servos respond, but only for a second (or less) and then stops, yet if i ask him to reverse his servo's keep going until i ask him to stop. originally i thought it...
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Connection Question - Revisited

I reQUEST assistance on the following issue: Hi all. I have a similar challenge to the recent request about connectivity issues, except I want to STAY in ad hoc mode ! We want to take the bots out of the lab and onto the streets, ala Spider Dog (check out the YouTube video), so we want to control the bots without routers i.e. ad hoc. We have 2...
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How To Keep Connection & Get Smoother Movement

Hello, I hate to keep asking for help with these issues and hope I'm not too much of a pest :-) . I am new to robotics and only have experience with EV3. Thanks to all of your help, I am now down to 3 remaining problems: 1) When running through actions, JD disconnects often. 2) Movement is sometimes very good, but then very jerky at others 3) My...
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Different Scripts

Different Scripts

i saw different scripts in a video here on forum and mine. so i was wondering whits one is correct. thanks anyone video here on forum excample dj
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A Quick Question About Using The Microphone Control With Ez-Script

Hey guys I just have a quick question regarding the microphone and it's use with EZ-script. So I was wondering is there a ControlCommand that is usable with the microphone control like: cc("Microphone", MicrophoneRecordStart) or something like that . I checked the EZ-Script Manual but I couldn't find anything about the microphone.
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Uart Update Success And Then A Tiny Little Bug Showed Up

Uart Update Success And Then A Tiny Little Bug Showed Up

I've been successful with communicating with the Dynamixel servos through the UART port. I'm able to send...
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Need Help With A Random Script

I am trying to get the following script to repeat 5 times; # get a response value $response = GetRandom(0,5) If($response = 0) Sayezb("What should i say") ElseIf($response = 1) Sayezb("i really should say something") ElseIf($response = 2) Sayezb("Ok i think i have said enough") ElseIf($response = 3)...
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Returning A Robot To A Home Point For Charging

hello all, once again, my brain is giving me ideas that is outside it's current capability (LOL) I am starting research for my next project (code-name T.A.D = Totally, Awesome, Droid). one of (the many) functions i want him to have, is the ability to return autonomously to a designated point in the house for charging when his batteries get below a...
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Epic Fail

Good Evening, I was working on a project and I got stumped with arrays. I was trying to create an array and I really did not know how. Keep in mind I already had a project where I had two string variables and I wanted to add to the array. So, I click on help at the top and then I click on example projects. The window pops up and I choose open from...
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Hot To Get ARC To Tell Me I Have New Email

Hello just wondering if there is a way I can get ARC to tell me when I have new email
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Openbot

Has anyone ever used OpenBot? How do I use it on my raspberry pi? Does it allow me to control my robot from my pi?
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Jd Is Quite As A Mous,No Sound To Hear In Choulders

i found the source where the loud noise comes from.(choulders) on the chest is a ring where the arm goes on.when you screw part #8 it will block the chest whit part #8 thats where the loud noise comes from.