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Heavy Duty Servos , Stepper Motors Vs Wheelchair Motors

Hi im doing a personal robot with a cordless vacuum attached / built in , the bot will either have several wheels 6 to 8 or tracks like a lynxmotion track kit. The vacuum will weight 6 to 8 pounds after the extended battery is installed. Plesthe weight of drive component, batteries robot plastic/fiberglass body and ezb. I want to know ifi should...
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Minor Installer Bug

@DJ Sures, here is one for your rainy day list. After I install ARC, either on Windows 7 or 8.1, I pin the app to the task bar. Every time I update to the latest version, the icon on the task bar turns to a blank white icon and when I click it I get an error message that the application has been moved or removed, and I need to unpin and re-pin ARC....
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Different Sounds To Test V4 Speaker

The following links are to different sounds to test v4 speaker... All sounds from https://soundjax.com/ Legal Audio that appears while doing a search resides on another website, these sounds may be subject to international copyright laws. Just like a search on Google, our engine provides results from other websites accross the web. Consult someone...
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Ipad App

When will the IPad app be available ? I did a search and it doesn't exist that i can find. Ken
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Have Anyone The Mp3 File Off Ymca?

Have Anyone The Mp3 File Off Ymca?

does anyone have the mp3 song ymca and is willing to chare. thank you
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Need Example On How To Program Six With Additional Lever Servos As Sold Oin Ezbo

Need Example On How To Program Six With Additional Lever Servos As Sold Oin Ezbo

the software example for six that will run each of the six...
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Receiveserial?

SendSerial works great for sending serial data out of a digital port. Do the digital ports have the capability to receive serial data? If so, what is the scripting command (e.g. ReceiveSerial(baud) )? Or else do I have to use the UART port?
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6 Servo Robot Help Needed. (Ridable)

6 Servo Robot Help Needed. (Ridable)

Hey guys I just wanted to know how can I control 6 servos with a movement panel, I am a noob when it comes to servos. The front 2 are steering and...
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Woehoe Best E-Mail Ever

just got mail from ez ,my order is chipped.
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Jd Revolution

Jd Revolution

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Title Names In Quotation Marks Go Lower Cased

It appears that when I made my post a few minutes ago, the capital letters in the quotation marks went lower case. I can reassure that they were capital before the post. Correct me if I'm wrong. E.G. synthiam.com/Community/Questions/6311
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Two Distance Sensors (Script)

Hi there, sorry if this is a duplicated post, my tablet appears not to have posted my original. i am loving my dev kit and learning stacks, but i apart from some Arduino i have not ventured into programming. what i am looking at is as follows, i currently have an ultrasonic sensor on a servo "scanning" as Traxx moves forwards, however i...