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Niek's Ez-Robot Experience

Here's a little summary for you: There is 1 final video still to come
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ARC Installer Help

Please pardon what might be a dumb question - I'm an Analogue man in a Digital age... I downloaded the ARC Installer.msi from the site (basic model from the LH side of the download page). Clicked "Run" but when the DL finishes I get an error message telling me I need to download Microsoft Virtual Studio or similar program. Click on the...
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Face Rec.

Any word on facial recognition yet? I heard that it was being worked on.
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Tomy Robot Wheels - Reproduction

Tomy Robot Wheels - Reproduction

Hi there, looking at Matts experiences which he shared acouple of months ago here in this forum, I started to try and make reproductions of the wheels...
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The Recorder

Just a quick email to thank you for a great product as I am new to EZ. One really valuable tool would be the recorder working properly (cant save project files if the recorder is included). It would be ideal if several recorder scripts could be contained within one project and each one called up when everneeded from a master script in the same way...
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Recorder Error

Great feature, if I can get it to save. What happens is when I record movements, then when I go to save the project, an error pops up that states: There was an error generating the XML document. However, if I simply delete the recorder, I can save my project. Would be great to be able to save the recordings with my projects. Thanks for any help.
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Star, A 3D Printed Sprawl Tuned Autonomous Robot

A little off topic - but interesting all the same. This is a 3D-printed robot that weighs just 73 g including battery and control board. A six-legged, sprawl-tuned robot with a variable leg sprawl angle in the transverse plane to adapt its stiffness, height, and leg-to-surface contact angle....
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On/Off Camera Hack - How Handy Is It?

I've seen the hack for the on/off camera controls to allow the EZ-B to control the camera (pretty slick) but for those that have done it, how handy is it? For instance, would you say its in your top 10 list of most handy hacks or just something to do if you must? I have my camera wired for power off the EZ-B but not switchable from there and I find...
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Tutorial Videos

Tutorial Videos

Is there a plan to provide updated tutorials for the new EZ interface? The current videos are for a previous version from my board and I'm having a very difficult time figuring what should...
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Rss Feed Error

Rich, Thank you, you have been very helpful to me! There was one update where I could no longer run your RSS News Feed past the first story without error. I tried "" () marks. Maybe I missed it? Not sure what I am doing wrong? Thanks Steve S
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For Troy

what is a hub relief bearing mount? Is that the Lazy Susans? Thanks, Mel
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Expanding Ez-B With Pololu Mini Maestro

Expanding Ez-B With Pololu Mini Maestro

I am experimenting with expanding the number of servo ports I have available to the EZ -B with a Pololu Mini Maestro 24 channel USB servo...