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Darknet YOLO (Obj Detection) by ptp
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Camera Not Working

Camera Not Working

This is the second camera purchased from EZ robot in 2 months. First died after 2 weeks. One in video died after first time use. Will not stay on as shown in video. Tried holding...
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Window Priority

It is brilliant how the 'Waiting for speech' window opens on the screen I am currently working on but sometimes it remains behind ARC and I have to go hunting to find it. Can we have an option to always have it on top?
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Rc Car To A Robot

Rc Car To A Robot

Have a merchsource thunder tumbler rc car that i want to hack. Dont really want to go motor controller so trying to see if there is a hackable spot on it. This pic is one torn apart to...
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Waiting For Speech

Hi @DJ Sures Not sure if I have already posted on this on or not but I could not find it using the search function in the forum.... anyway When using the waitforspeech command I am presented with 4 lines from the list of commands that that I have entered that my bot is waiting to hear. I was wondering if you could extended this list to show all the...
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Dc Motor And Continuous Servos

Why do you guys from EZ Robot ship the EZB with Continuous Servos instead of DC Motors and H Bridges?
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Error. This Computer Culture Has Its Seperator Set To '.'

Error. This computer culture has its seperator set to ',' this setting needs to be set to . for all EZB robot software to work. ? Really? Why cant i keep my comma as seperator ? Thats normal in my country.. . And why am i forced to update anyway, it worked fine before. . Im always scared an update in the future will eventually render my EZB...
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I Hear The Leap Motion Is Comming Out In May

I Hear The Leap Motion Is Comming Out In May

I woulder if there will be a interface to EZB soon,from what i see it might be used to drive cars and more ,and selling at bestbuy...
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Vertical Servo Question

Hi, i'm have a bit of problem with the vertical motion of my servo.i am using an DAGU Pan and Tilt Kit with mini Servos, i have the horizontal working fine and have it tracking me around the room with the camera and everything works apart from when i try and get it to track something vertical. it kind of nodes up and down like it's fighting it's...
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Omnibot Project:

Omnibot Project:

I put the letter H in hack! Here is the Omnibot I've been working on for the past couple of months. Both arms, the left wrist, and the left hand have servos in them. The battery tray in...
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Updated ARC & Settings Gone

Updated ARC & Settings Gone

I just updated to the latest ARC and it seems all of the settings for the servos have been reset to port N/A and the min/max limits removed. This is how it was...
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Ir Autonomous Home Base

Ir Autonomous Home Base

have 2 ir recievers from my wall-e project. Looking to make a cheap/nearly free home base ir reciever. Could they be hacked up to work with the ez-b and my laptop(and...
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Ive Notice Something Wierd

Ive Notice Something Wierd

has anyone have this happen , after shutting down the power to ezb board .then power up again . when seems good i give command to look home .and servos move fast in...