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Possible Ar Drone 2 Sighting.

Possible Ar Drone 2 Sighting.

For those of you with ar drone 2.0's there might be some hope. I just noticed an AR Drone 2.0 box sitting on a shelf in the office. Just sayin'. Hey! Maybe that...
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Question With Controlling And Driving 4 Independent Dc Motors

Hello, I'm using a JeenNode board and H-bridge L298 to drive 4 independent DC motors. The motors are connected to mecanum wheels. Also, I am using 4 pushbuttons to control the movement of my robot. I guess the problem is in my code which doesn't allow me to control the motors probably. When the all 4 pushbuttons are connected and one of them is...
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Ez-Buildet Anf Acer W3 Cameras

Ez-Buildet Anf Acer W3 Cameras

Does anyone with an Acer W3 use the built in cameras with EZ-Bulder? I just picked one up to be my embedded robot brain, and when I try to use either camera I...
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Servo Movement

Servo Movement

Hi, I am using multiple HS-805bb Servos. I can not seem to get full 180 degree movement using the servo controller. Is there another controller that works better? See image for specs on...
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Jd's Eyes

Hey there, I've started printing off JD today and need to place an order for the electronics. I'm guessing the eyes are straight 5mm LEDs, but do I need to order a separate controller of some sort for them or do I put a normal standalone arduino etc in the head and send it commands? Cheers, Jay Ps are there any things that I need other than the...
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Advice / Experience With Joysticks / Controllers

Just wanted to take the pulse of the group and ask what kind of remotes and or controllers are you guys or gals using and why you like them. Also if there are ones you don't like I would love that feedback too. Thanks everyone. Michael
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Help Rich From The Uk

Rich, Someone told me you have a library of the older EZB versions. I need the most current that will run on XP. I would be very greatfull as I have been for your help on my last project. Thanks, Michael
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Ez Control Link To Ai Sites

I read on the post that Rich Pyke wrote a script to read rss news off the web site. If I buy a servo sound talk board, can I get an animatronic head to talk back and have the jaw synch with the sound? Frank
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Servo Power Supply And Connections

Servo Power Supply And Connections

Do the 3 servo wires have to be connected to the EZ-B v4, or can the power wires of several servos be connected to a common power source with only the...
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Mouth Movement With Speech

I've been investigating switching my InMoov robot over to ez-robot control. I'm liking what I've seen so far. Question; Is it possible to make the mouth of a robot move in sync with speech/sound with ez-robot software? Thanks, Bob
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Scripting - How To Start/Stop Camera?

I'm looking through all the camera control options in ARC and once I manually start the camera I can control the modes - all that works fine, the functions work great, the examples in ARC work. What I can't figure out is how to stop/start the camera feed. Does anyone know if that is even an option?
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Questions Loading ARC

I download ARC on to my windows 7 laptop but when I try to insall it I get the following message EZ-Builder cannot be installed on systems with .NET Framework version lower than 4.5. What does this mean do I need to install highed version of something. Please help if you can.