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Rottion Servo

Rottion Servo

are the rotation servo to get with top and end cap,as in pic. like the HDD whithout lever. servo
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Receiving Mqtt

I want to receive ON OFF messages from Openhab to turn on Inmoov scripts. Binary array is unchecked and this is the script on the mqtt line . But its not working with a "Error on line 1: Variable is an array: $awaiting_your_command" if $awaiting_your_command = ("ON") ControlCommand("Script Manager", ScriptStart,...
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Lotiny

hi there first of all im new to all this, now i have a lotiny , and wanting to use with a 6 servo 2 legged bot my question is, is it possible to use the coding off jd or do i have to rewrite it all?
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Bing, Cognitive Emotion And Vision Update

Bing, Cognitive Emotion And Vision Update

FYI, the Bing Speech, Cognitive Emotion and Cognitive Vision plugins no longer save the API Key and End Point with the project. They are...
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Demonstration Of Visual Human Detection ?

I am considering getting into EZ Robot and I have been working with Arduino for a few years and considering the next upgrade for robot development. I am mostly interested in detecting the visual presence/location of a person and face detection. Are there any good demonstrations of these capabilities with EZ Robot? Is there any comparison to say,...
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Slipping Roli Tracks

Slipping Roli Tracks

I was able to prevent slippage in the rubber tracks by using outdoor electrical insulation tape. It is much thicker than the black electrical tape. Apply this tape by peeling off...
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Concerning Pandorabot

Concerning Pandorabot

Hello everyone I got another question and I have to say for a first timer in doing something with writing codes like this. I think I'm doing pretty good, but I have a question....
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Roli Reimagined

Roli Reimagined

My Roli has been reconfigured with the cup holder in front. The arms can now pick and place objects. I'm having fun!
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Bing Azure After The Trial Period Ends Question

Hello all, is anyone using the "pay as you go" using the Bing Speech recognition after the Bing 30 day trail ends? The price I was quoted is $1.40 an hour. I was wondering what type of charges some of the users were being charged as a hobbyist. Thanks.
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Servo Dimensions

I've been recommending to people to use EZ Robot servos. I've noticed that the dimensions given in the description of the servos is incorrect. Perhaps someone at EZ Robot could put the right dimensions in the "Comments & Dimensions" for all of the servos.
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The Tron Look

The Tron Look

Just a quick suggestion to give our Bots a more futuristic look, I will try this out for my Rad Bot, I have seen examples of this "El wire" before and it looks very nice! A very bright...
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Api.Ai Example To Learn A Little Bit From

I have been working in API.AI for a while and jumped back into it yesterday some. I want to describe what API.AI is and what it isn't so that there is a clearer picture of it. I am attaching a sample api.ai project that you can use to start building from if you would like to do so. First, what is it? API.AI is great at taking speech and breaking it...