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Practice robotic hand built with 3 small servos, auto-position and voice control, with Xbox 360 Kinect integration for refining finger motion.
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What Happened With The New Motor Controller?
Hey DJ, Are ya makin' us wait for the new goodie???????? What happened with the new (single connection) motor controller??????? Are ya gonna make us a christmas present?? BTW, I got the 2 power adapters I ordered. Thanks for the bonus!!! That was nice!!!!
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DJ Sures |
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Turning My Camera On And Off
Hello, I bought a camera on line and the inside looks like the Konig that JD has in Wall-e. However I think the on off switch may be dirrerent. ON mine the switch...
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nicolson |
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General Question
So after much fidling i have managed to blow up my sparkfun H bridge, oh well i hated the damn thing anyways so i have butchered an earlier bot i built and used the sabertooth H bridge controller i have, great.....nope for some reason the sabertooth doesnt understand the way that the modified servo panel works, but no issue i just made scripts to...
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pacomms |
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Xbox 360 Kinect
Has anyone investigated using the Kinect as a robot control interface???? A google ; and youtube; search yeilded some absolutely mind boogling hacks of the Kinect sensor array. I also found a number of people that have already applied the technology. What do you think DJ ?
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winstn60 |
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Wall E Program
Hey DJ, a little clarification please. When I saved the "Wall e Big" file as a document; then opened it I'm seeing what I presume is promgramming code. Is this correct? I then opened it in ARC and it would appear that all the programming is there and ready to "start". Could it actually be that easy????????? Once the physical...
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Gunny |
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Robot Cleaning Method?
My donor-bot, a Robie Sr., looks like it was buried in the dirt at one point. So I was wondering how people have been cleaning their older robots found on eBay, etc. I'll...
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DJ Sures |
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Looking For A Tutor
I'm looking for someone that would be willing to tutor me with the EZ-B via personal email. A perspective tutor should have lots of patience. Since my stroke I've found that things come much harder for me. I've spent hours on end trying to get a grasp on this and I'm not making much progress. I would really appreciate it. My personal email is:...
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soky157 |
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Regarding Batteries
Hi so just bought an ez board, quick question, what kind of batteries and voltage can be connected to these and can you charge whilst connected to the board on a stable power supply...
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bret.tallent |
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HC-SR04 Sensor
Any chance of a wiring diagram? Tutorial is great on describing operation. but I need help in connecting to EZB confused
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bret.tallent |
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Servo Mounted Security Camera (2-Axis)
I am well on the way in the programming of my security camera. Camera servo tracking is enabled for the two servos- the horizontal and vertical axis. When one of the two servos moves to follow movement the alarm will be activated, starting both the Alert and Snapshot scripts. Here are the scripts I have written for the camera: System On Script...
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Creativita |
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IP CAM
Hello, I would like to hook up a Dlink IP Cam to my EZ-B. It calls for 5V and 1.2A. Can I hook this up to the 5V output connection on the ez-b to power my IP Cam? Thanks!
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DJ Sures |
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Scripting In VB
I'm brand new to VB. I went through the first two tutorials and now I'm interested in how to make a control for script commands like a simpler version of the scripting window in ARC. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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kkeast |