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Run scripts automatically when specified ARC variables change; define variable-to-script pairs, monitor status, and trigger actions.

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What Gift Do You Get For The Guy Who Has Everything

What Gift Do You Get For The Guy Who Has Everything

Christmas present ideas for Dj any ideas ? Find somthing cool post a link. Keep it under 100 dollars
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Ez-Robot Serial Protocol

I'm curious if the EZ-Robot serial protocol is published. I understand why it wouldn't be but I figured that I would ask. BTW, EZ-Robot is an amazing platform.
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Sittin In The Chat Room

Hello all today im sittin in the chat room "trying" to do some scripting i ment to some time ago them life/work kinda messed up for me so im getting to it now kinda lol Not getting much done as my old scripts are all over the place so its taking me some time to find them making hard to remember what codes i need to do what lol
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Hard Of Hearing Robots(Like Sum Humans)

Hard Of Hearing Robots(Like Sum Humans)

I had an amazing(dumb?) idea for those robots who are hard of hearing, like most. VR can be frustrating with a mic let alone with the builtin...
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H Bridge Movement

Hi All. How do I move a robot forward a certain distance (or time, since distances are going to depend on wheel size), then stop? I couldn't see an obvious way from the H bridge control panel. thanks in advance, Frank
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Declaring Variables In Ez-Script

When I get my EZ-B and start building my robot "Experiment 333" I am going to be using some variables from encoders to calculate distances. What I am wondering is to declare a variable you always need a $ at the start of it correct? Also can you set up a variable to get info directly from an input like an encoder count? Thanks for the...
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Movement Envelopes? Think Animation.

So I'm looking at the servo automated movement stuff, and thinking to myself; hey Cyberdude, what I would love to have are traditional animation controls such as "ease in" and "ease out" with programmable envelopes. (OK, truth be told, I don't actually call myself Cyberdude.) In this scenario, I have a...
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File Read Question

I see you added read file and others to read txt files (good job) but can it read jpg files too,or do you have another command that does or will you be addin on in the future.
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Emotions In ARC

i know it will need your chat software when you finish it very very big item hopping to get sometime soon like it will show sadness when you dont chat with it very much or say there is a dragon in the house he will be afraid,and so much much more then have to control servos on robot head ,hopping to do it with the other software it hard because...
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Shipping

I'm tracking a shipment ordered on ez-robot. Status is "delivery attempt failed". Previous shipments from ez-robot were just dropped off on my porch so I don't know how this delivery would fail. The delivery attempt was Thursday but I haven't heard anything from the shipping company. Is this shipment headed back to China?
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Calculate Temperature From ADC Input

I look everywhere,and even did a search and still nothing are you able to find the post this time will copy the code also MEL is wanting it too would help me out very much using a standard temperature probe 10 k need it in fahrenheit
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Pan/Tilt For Camera Or Sensor

Pan/Tilt For Camera Or Sensor

I don't understand how it works. If you attach the camera, does it let you rotate the camera up and down and side to side?