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Flying Ball

I found a cool little flying RC Ball helo at the source for 60$ i think i will try and get next payday
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ARC Freeze And Ez-B Crash

I will be using a random control. then suddenly ARC freezes. the ez-b's blue LED turns off. All the servos start going nuts! Have no idea why this is happening. Maybe someone could help? Up until today it was fine.
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Servo Makes Buzzing Sound When Under Load

Hello, I have a small arm on my robot and when it extends outward the servo makes a slight buzzing sound from the weight of the arm. Is this bad for the servo?
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Cylinder Rolling Robot Idea, Needs A Name!

Cylinder Rolling Robot Idea, Needs A Name!

So I came up with the idea of a cylinder-shaped rolling robot. It will be able to follow people around and talk to them. It will be...
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Office Cameras Refreshing But Still 2Hrs. Behind

Office Cameras Refreshing But Still 2Hrs. Behind

The cameras when I took this should have been at 4:28pm(calgary time)
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Circle Navigator Coming Soon

Circle Navigator Coming Soon

From concept to commitment to construction is taking awhile but this project is beginning to take form. The 500 Roomba wheels took a lot of time to hack and replace...
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Robot Arm Designs

Robot Arm Designs

Anyone interested in creating a team to brain storm ideas and designs for robot arms for large or small robots. Perhaps collectively we could come up with a universal design that many of...
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Cheapest Blackbox Digital Port To Digital Port Transceiver

Hi Hardware, I have a HC-SR04 Distance Sensor plugged into my ez-b (or some other device that needs both digital input and output). I want to unplug the connecting digital wires, and in their place, send the digital signals via some kind of RF transceiver. So there would be one module connected to the ez-b, and other connected to the HC-SR04...
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The Apple Mfi Robot Edition Of ARC

Hello, I was reading the FAQs and it mentioned this 'The Apple MFI Robot edition of ARC ' What is it, and it this available? Is it a native version app for iOS?
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The Crew

The Crew

I was tidying up the office today. Snapped this pic of the kids. Plans - Omnibot #3 - Newest Omnibot I have . Currently un-touched. Thinking no dome mech warrior. Omnibot #2 - Mr. T. Going for paint...
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Odd Behavior With Xbox Wireless Controller

Odd Behavior With Xbox Wireless Controller

Hi, I am using the Xbox Wireless Controller and I noticed some odd behavior in the ARC. The left-side analog joystick on the controller...
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What Brand Is Dj's Soldering Iron?

in his motor controller video he has that blue soldering iron. Does anyone know what brand it is? Anyone personally own one?