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Transformer

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Tracks For My Robot

Hi I am new here and I just ordered my EZ-B kit and can't wait to get it. I have been building robots on and off for years which my first one was the Popular Electronics Unicorn 1 robot. back in the 80's. My how things have changed since then. My robot I am working on now is 3' tall and is build using the 80/20 frame work, cool stuff (8020.net). I...
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Im Back :D

Hello all im back and here to stay im now up in the north west of BC canada in a small city called Terrace its so small i find it hard to beleave its a city and not a town lol I moved into a little apartment the other day and soon will be saving up to build my first robot and kinda thinking about trying to start some sort of robotics club here as i...
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Need Help With Led's And Temperature Sensor

Need Help With Led's And Temperature Sensor

Ive got an EZ-B and servo cables and a small breadboard. I need to know exactly how to attach the temperature sensor and LED's.
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Adding More Files To The Mp3 Trigger

Greetings In the ARC program, The MP3 Trigger function lists only displays 100 mp3 files which can be triggered. A 2 gig SD card can hold up to 500 files, how can I get the ARC to recongnize and display more than 100 mp3 files? I would like to use more than 100 mp3 files say about 200. Thanks
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Any Eta On Stepper Motor Control?

DJ, I have an upcoming project using stepper motors and was wondering if you are implementing steppers into EZB? If so is it ready for prime time yet or anytime soon? Thanks in advance. Will
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How To Remove Yellowing From A Robot

How To Remove Yellowing From A Robot

does anyone know how to remove the yellowing on my plastic on my robot i know about using bleach or white spray paint but here is the problem.like...
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Sound/Voice

Sound/Voice

Does the EZ-Robot support two-way voice comunication or is this an add-on?
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Small Camera

what camera did you use in the "Vision Tracking Robot"? It looks real small, even if wired, that would be ok for me. I bought three of your camera's, intending to take one apart with the idea of separating the parts, but it seems to be "glued together", Not that, that will stop me. I have many really small wired cameras with...
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Charging Your Robot

I know the Roomba vacumn has an automatic recharge feature which is very cool. However I would like to have my robot when is is hungry to feed itself. Has anyone come up with a solution to this yet. I have been reading a lot of posts but this one I have not seen.
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Direction Controls Reversed

OK, so I added a modified servo control panel to Junk-Bot and when I click on the forward or backward keys the bot moves as expected, however, the right and left keys have the opposite outcome to what I would expect. Right arrow makes the bot turn to it's left. I'm sure this is a simple, easy fix, but I didn't want to monkey around and guess at...
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Print Your Own Parts? I Think So!

Hey EZ-B community! I was wondering if anyone was thinking the same thing I did when I saw the Solidoodle on Engadget recently? Solidoodle is a that would be freakin awesome for printing those robot parts you just can't find anywhere else. All it requires is power and a USB port. If I can justify it, I will probably pick one up this summer, but if...