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LED For WALL-E's Eye

Hey guys, I tried to use the original LED that comes with the WALL-E U-Command with the EZ-B, but the LED does not turn on (using digital ports). Should the original LED work, or should I use another type of LED with the EZ-B?
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Omnibot Robot Wheels Rubber Replacement/ Repair

Omnibot Robot Wheels Rubber Replacement/ Repair

Ok so there are a couple ways to restore tires. The best is pulling one good tread off a wheel , make a plaster of Paris mold...
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Behind The Scenes

Behind The Scenes

Wonder what it's like at EZ-Robot? It's not always fun and games - but when it is, we take advantage of it!
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Nicd Battery Recommendation For Heavy Duty Servos

Can someone make a recommendation for rechargable NiCd battery for two high torque servos
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Trex Motor Controller Problems With Ezb

I have several Pololu TReX motor controllers laying around. I hooked it up and connected a motor and a linear actuator to both channels. I started with an standard RC controller and made sure it was all set up. Worked fine. Then I replaced the reciever with the EZB. It worked for about 10 seconds then stopped. I had used PWM slider, then I tried...
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What I Would Like To See

Here is What I would like to see. A Radar for the Video Camera like we have for Sonar and IR. Would that be too hard to do? Let us know. That way, the Robot could be Autonymous using the Video Camera instead of IR and Sonar. Thanks, MEL
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For Dj

For Dj

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Segway Skateboard, Can Ez-Robot Use Imu Analog Combo Board

I saw this on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGbbag9dklU here is his site:https://www.robosys.co.uk/ and here another how to make: https://www.instructables.com/id/Self-balancing-one-wheeled-electric-skateboard/?ALLSTEPS And it was right after I had just finished buying my EZ-Robot kit. My question is can the EZ-robot controller use IMU...
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ARC

Hello everybody, I own an EZ-V-B V3 Controler and would like some additional information concerning its use: At bootup, can the ARC be configured to connect to a specified port.com ? in order to automatically open a program / project. This info is necessary for use with a mini-itx motherboard destined for an autonomous robot project. Thanks in...
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Another Question

OK, all this stuff is done in realtime. Now, let's say you have a long complicated project that you want to put on your robot. In order to run it, you just load and connect? Is it possible to save it to a file that would run automatically when you turn on the robot? Just curious? Maybe a BAT file could be made to run it in one click. What do you...
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Something Completely Different

I found i lost interest in the robot building for a while and returned to another cool hobby CNC milling. Anyways I have started building another cool cnc based toy i thought some in this group may find interesting. 3d printing Here is a video showing the printer from another newcomer to printing Hoss's 3d printer printing an owl Thingieverse.com...
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Jumping Robot

Jumping Robot