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A Question About Wire

Hi I recieved my first kit today yeah I would like to know if there is a max length on the wire I use to control servos and such from the controller.thank you
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Omnibot/Camera Tracking:

Hi, The camera tracking isn't as "right on" as in the tutorial. I'll walk or wave my hand past the robots head, and it will start to follow, but then it will go the other way, then back again. Its definitely not locked in as in the Omnibot tutorial. The head also will flutter back and forth at times, and the picture is shaky. Any hints?...
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How Does Sound Movement Work

I tried to find a tutorial on it, but I couldn't. Maybe it is so simple it needs no explaination. I am thinking that I would like for the robot to turn his head and face the direction of the sound and also his body to do the same. Is this the command that I would use to do this, and how? OK, I found it in the EZ-B Manual. But, I need more info on...
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Important Questions For Ez Professional Users

first im not good in english though sorry for this i want to make some tasks with my robot so i ask can i use ez to do 1- i iwill connect xbee model or any 900mhz model on my pc and connect it to second xbee and i will programe xbee to connect to third xbee that iwill connect to ez board insted of bluetooth i do this as i need very long rang...
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Windows 7 64 Bit Voices

I am going crazy looking at info on how to get other voices besides Anna on the computer. I have Windows 7 64 and SAPI voices are mostly for 32 bit Windows. I installed several free voices that were obviously for 32 and a lower ver of SAPI, and would not show up. Is there anyone who can point me to SAPI voices that work with 64 bit ver of Windows....
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Found A Very Cool Microphine Idea For Robots

CANT wait to try and make it better ,idea just perfect for me to make and get better ME i love more then anything to make designs better transparent microphone Using glass and IR circuit ,think acrylic will work too (tube),need to be cast acrylic i think for better results.
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Another Question On Ir Port On Robosapien

I guess might be for DJ since he did the testing on it. What is the carrier frequency of the IR,40KHZ OR 455 KHZ OR 38 KHZ.
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Help With Sendserial To Roomba & Create ?

Help With Sendserial To Roomba & Create ?

Trying to understand SendSerial and duplicate Roomba & Create Movement Panel with my own understanding of the EZ-Script Commands....
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Arduino And Ez-Robot Hybrid

Hey there, I recently got myself an arduino uno for embedded programming, but it lacks the amount of IO pins the EZ-B has, then I thought to myself, why not control the ezb from the arduino? So here, I've ported a minimal part of Openbot to arduino to control servos and set digital ports for now. To make this work you connect the pin 5 in your...
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Vuzix Glasses

what model vuzix glasses do you use? and where can i get them?
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Omnibot Hbridge:

Hello Everyone, I wired my HBridge just the way the diagram showed, and I also did it the way the video stated. I then found in a tutorial someone stated if using 2 motors wire it the way the diagram states. The most I got was noises coming from the motors. Nothing moved. What am I doing wrong? Thanks Den
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Ar.Drone 2.0 Support

Hi It doesn't look like ARC recognizes the new AR.Drone 2.0 NavData and Video format? I'm not seeing this data in the UI. I can connect, but I don't get all the data. thanks Jeff