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What Happens When You Try To Open Cloud File On Apple Device

Here's what happens: Script Emergency Stop 314 1043 164 156 Normal ControlCommand("PingAvoidance", ScriptStop) Stop() false Notes Notepad 2 391 61 273 353 Normal Changes 1. Changed escape return to use else therefore avoiding reversing and turning after an escape. 2. Added in stop and sleep before any forward or reverse movements. 3....
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I Would Like To Upgrade To 24 Volt

I have been a machine builder for 25 years , when I tear apart machines to throw away over the years i have saved the cool 24 volt gadgets like prox switches, vision systems lasers etc.They are ment to be run by plc's,but I think i could make some mind blowing stuff if I could get them to talk to ezb.My problem is I'm not an electronics guy. Can...
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Terra Nova Rover

Hi I'm William.... I am working with @Justbuildit and my teacher @Tameion on a class robot project. We have to imagine we are exploring the Terra Nova environmant remotely with a Mars like Rover. I want it to have a robotic arm that can grab things and six wheels and a camera that can take images of where it is and what it is doing with its robotic...
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First Robot, Trying To Turn Motor On/Off

First Robot, Trying To Turn Motor On/Off

Hi all, this is my first ever post and first robot. Hoping to get some help as I am brand new to the EZ-B board and the way it works. I...
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Buttons Not Working In The ARC Gui

I have not yet received my Ez-B in the mail but I have been trying to familiarize myself with the ARC. I have found that all the question marks on every control module do absolutely nothing, which made it hard for me to figure out what they do. I also found that clicking on the View Tutorial button does nothing. Clicking on the update button closes...
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Capture Frame And Tv-Tuner

Hello everyone! It's me again) Since A Drone 2.0 is no support for the transfer of video from the PC to the robot C-B, I decided to put radiokameru on the robot and receive video from the camera via the TV tuner. But again nezaacha - in the list of devices in TV tuner is displayed but when selected video image does not appear (((What to do? How to...
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Machine Learning Coursera Class, Matlab, And Ez-B Platform

Hello All, So I have been taking a course through Coursera.com called Machine Learning from Andrew NG at Stanford University. In the course he says a fast way to prototype machine learning algorithms is to use Matlab. So I read about other connecting the EZ-B with Matlab and think it's great to see it is possible. Think of how amazing it would be...
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Can A Kinect Be Connected To The Ez-B ?

This video gives an incredible insight into what potential the EZ-B could have - but is it possible ? Click To Watch Video
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Keyboard Control Questions.

Hey everybody, I have my cameras pan and tilt servos set to be controlled by 'w,a,s,d' and I have 'x' set to a "snap to" position and then return to the previous position on release of the 'x' key. I started doing some trouble shooting with the 'w' key. I've put my code below. I've described my problem beneath the code. #'w down'...
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Kinect

Kinect

... ... ... ? will it ever be supported. Id sure like to hook up 3 of them to the robot
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Wall-E Movement Panel= Board To Get Too Hot.

I finished the tracks on my wall-e. I configured the movement panel to run him. I hav 2 arm servos(pluged in but not moving) and the 2 track-driving servos. I pressed forward and it didn't work. the servos weren't making any noise and the tracks weren't moving. I looked in to check that they were plugged in right(they were) and something smelt hot....
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Creating A Complete Application For Ez-Robot

I am trying to learn to program EZ-Robot (https://synthiam.com/shop/) using VB.NET. I have downloaded the SDK, but the examples it included didn't really look like they did much, and the SDK documentation (https://synthiam.com/SDK/) didn't seem very helpful. I would like to see a complete example that includes input from several of the servos as...