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Wall-E Using Coke Cans.

Hi everyone, I'm building a Wall-e using Coke cans and other scrap... But I need to find a way to design wall-e wheels.... Can anyone gimme some ideas....
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1 Motor Controller Controlling 4 Motors

1 Motor Controller Controlling 4 Motors

i was thinking of building a tank of some sort using 4 motors from old rc cars. however, dont want to deal with the 2 hbridge problem. came up...
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Hi From Louisville, Ky!

Hi everyone, my name is Wayne and I am from Louisville, KY with my wife and 3 daughters. I work as IT guy for a financial company (mainly doing network maintenance, but some software development, etc.). I was trained as an engineer at the University Of Louisville Speed School Of Engineering and studied application development at Sullivan...
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Merge Button Not Working Correctly

Just to let you know, Downloaded the new version, and when I click on the Merge button, it opens the same window as the Open button does. It does not open to the correct screen. I reinstalled, and it does the same thing. I am using Windows 8. Everything else seems to be working so far. Thanks, John
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Ultrasonic Distance Sensor Mounting Question

going to put my distance sensor on my wall-e in the chest, on a servo. However, there is limited space so i was thinking of ounting it upside down. will this mess up the radar with it scanning backwards? Just a question.
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Pandorabot Config Crash

Pandorabot Config Crash

Release 2013.03.11.00 PandoraBot UI. After opening the new PandoraBot control, I selected the config button. I made no changes to the config and closed it using the...
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Sdk Tutorials

Hello everyone I was wondering if is there any kind of tutorials regarding how to use the SDK in order to make your own controls and own interface. I Know Arduino you can find tutorials and code to program your microcontroller, but I'm having a difficulty finding tutorials and information regarding the coding and programming of the EZ-B. any...
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12V 1500Mah Battery Vs A 7.2V 2200Mah Battery

i thought i should be looking for a battery with high mAh (2200mAh) vs high Voltage (12v VS 7.2v) i see a lot of people getting higher Voltage with lower mAh, and having to add a voltage regulator or something. wondering if there are benefits im missing in reading all the posts. I'm a noob...can anyone clarify?
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Another Brookstone Rover Project

I just got another brookstone rover at a very good price of $60 including shipping and should get it in 2 says or so,going to control both rovers with only one ARC plus a some other hacks Will be posting my design up in less then a week.
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Ez Board Mac Address

Ez Board Mac Address

I would like to use and connect my robot to my school network, but since they have restrictions I have to provide them with the E-Z board MAC address, in order to connect and be...
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Camera Tracking Using Motors Instead Of Servos?

I have finally reached the point of integrating my EZ-B into my robot. Right out of the gate I have run into a question. Can anyone tell me if a script can be written to have the camera track, using motors with potentiometers, instead of servos? My robot is too big for servos (well, actually my budget is too small for the servos that I would need),...
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Substitute For H-Bridge

Sorry, I found what I needed. It turns out I found an H-Bridge available for my project. Sorry about that.