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Modual For The Blue Tooth Stop Working

today got my kit setting up bluetooth got it connect ok . went though all servo rest i was good up this point . so going to do test with the box bot program and modual on blue tooth light was gone. rebot it couple times never came check all connection all board pin and power it look ok .. not sure what happen . cory
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Error On Laptop And Pc, Cant Add Speed Recognition

Hello. when i try to add a speech recogniton, it pops up like this : ee the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at EZ_B.SpeechSynth.StartListening() at...
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Servo Buzzes After Moving To A Value Near Min Or Max

When I rotate one of my servos to a value near the min or max (1, 2, 3, 98, 99, 100) the servo rotates just like it should, but starts buzzing afterwards until I either move it to a value farther away from the min or max, or close the connection. Is there something I should be doing after setting the servo position (maybe some method I should be...
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Robot Platform

i got the money for the robot kit but i cant find any cheap robot platforms. can anyone help? confused
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Ok I Have A Question Just Got The Kit Help

got kit today now was setting up the bluetooth had it working .now the little lite that for the blue on board is no on .but blue light for power is flashing ok . no lite for blue tooth stress
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Rotating A Servo

I recently got my EZ-B and have started working on some of my planned projects. One thing that I noticed is that when rotating a servo (a standard servo) from EZ_B.Servo.SERVO_MIN to EZ_B.Servo.SERVO_MAX, it is not exactly 180 degrees that it rotates (I noticed this with ARC also). I have several questions about using the servos: 1. How many...
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If You Want Your Robot To Have More A.I.

All you professional programmers. This is a Chalenge to you. The algorythm below is what I am trying to accomplish on my robot. It is NOT a program, but just an idea. If this works, we will have not only an autonymous robot, but one that will be able to LEARN and Improve over time. Anyone is welcome to tackle it. If you succeed, please POST the...
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Kondo Khr-2Hv Robot

Could add EZ-B to Kondo KHR-2HV with camera ? Kondo KHR-2HV
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My Kensington 2.1 Bluetooth Doesnt Connect.

My Kensington 2.1 Bluetooth Doesnt Connect.

Bought a Kensington 2.1 Bluetooth for it. It shows a list of ports to select from, none of them work Any help ?
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Original Movie Rc Johnny 5 For Sale

Original Movie Rc Johnny 5 For Sale

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Error, Cant Connect To Update Firmware

Hi, i just tried to update my newly bought EZRobot. When i tried to connect to it with the Supplied Wireless USB thingie. It went haywire. This is what it sayd : Attempting connection to COM3 EZ-B reports EZ-B Firmware V8,5 Connected Usending ping Usending ping Usending bootloader Failed to load bootloader! Have you selected the correct EZ-B COM...
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Trouble Connecting, Right Out Of The Box

I am having the exact same problem as the person in this thread: https://https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/1229&page=1 Computer picks up the bluetooth fine, definitely on COM3, but when I try to connect in ARC, I get the error message. The behavior shown in the youtube video in the thread above matches mine exactly. I got this gift for...