Robot Building Questions

Parallax Support

My first robot is parallax I have added a couple of add ons to the initial boe bot Like the speak to text Emic2 and QTI black line sensors It also has 2 continuous servos Will any of this work on my new ez-robot platform? Also can you suggest a good all around bread board.

Omnibot 5402 Mp3 Player Led Strobe-Eyes(Video)

Hey! Here first modifications on my Omnibot 5402 project. I found out that a "high-rise sd 808" mp3 Player fits and sounds perfect to the bot. Its cheap on Ebay and has radio-receiver + line in Jack. Also there is a stylish LED-segment display included. All important information is printed on its board. For now I soldered knobs and...

Joystick And Continuous Servo

Hi all, I am wanting to use a joystick to move continuous servos, on the y axis move servo 1 up and down and on the x servo 2 left and right. I am aware of the movement panel but its ment for drive wheels but I cannot find out how to change it. Also the joystick is really sensitive, how would I tone this down? I am new to the code side of this so...

I Purchased The 4 Wheel Drive With Crapler Arm

I am trying to get figure out how to make the vehicle turn Do I put both left motors (Front and Back) on one circuit then put the two rights on an another.

Camera Tracking?

I have been able to activate lots of great features on EZ robot except camera tracking. I have watched the tutorials, loaded and ran stand alone sample examples, but I cannot get any grid to appear, or even take a picture. Nothing shows in the activity box when I try color recognition. I have tried the EZ camera, the web camera on PC. on realtime...

H-Bridge Max Input Voltage

What is the max input voltage for the 2.5 amp H-bridge? I am powering a 4wd thumper with 2 H-bridges and wanted to use my 18 volt Dewalt battery packs. is this possible?

E-Bay: Omnibot Head

Saw this on E-Bay. Thought maybe someone here might need a replacement. Omnibot Head Replacement

Rc Car Into Robot

hi, i have an associates degree in electronics that is to say i have somewhat of a fimiliarity with small electronics as i had very good teachers and have always been interested in such things. i beleive electronics, computers, and yes robotics are the future. as such i am looking for a fun project to get my young son interested in these things as...

Example Script For Facedetect.Vision.Detection.Haarrectangle

Hi, I have some Python code working that uses CameraFaceDetection.GetFaceDetection(), and I will post this soon. But it only outputs the region where the face is. I looked for an example script that calls FaceDetect.Vision.Detection.HaarRectangle, which I'm guessing gives exact coordinates. Can anyone point me to such an example? The language...

Motor Driver Or Esc For Large R/C Car?

Please help me buy a motor driver or ESC for a large R/C car. The car is VW New Beetle made by New Bright. It is over two feet long. I may have to replace the motor for steering front wheels with servo. The motor driving rear wheels is about 1-1/2 inches long.