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Proportional Steering For Joystick Use?

I was wondering how one would go about this with a tank style steering setup. My dream is a custom movement panel in ARC where I input forward, reverse, left, and right speeds and ports and the mixing is done for me. For now how can I go about this?
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Way To Disable Debug?

Way To Disable Debug?

The debug that keeps popping up every time I do something is starting to annoy me. also, it bocks some of the controls a fair bit of the time. is there a way to disable it? is...
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Robot Function Priority Stack

This is my list for a robot function priority stack. Opinions will vary and thats what I am looking for At the top of the list is EZ-Builder Highest level overall manager EZ-Board...naturally In order of highest prioroity Voice Recognition/keyboard/touch screen smoke/co2 detection intruder/person alarm/acknowledgement (motion) Electrical system,...
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Yes Or No Script

I want to make my robot able to choose yes or no by itself. I made this script but theres something wrong with it because I can't save it. $Yes=0 $No=0 $choice1 = GetRandom(0,1) If $choice1= $Yes Controlcommand("script manager", scriptstart, "Yes") Else If $choice1= $No Controlcommand("script manager", scriptstart,...
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On The Lighter Side For All Walle Owners

Walle wins World's Ugliest Dog contest Meet the contestants of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest. The 25th annual contest ran at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California, on Friday, June 21. Walle, a four-year-old mutt from Chico, Calif., won the title and $1,500. "This dog looked like he's been photo-shopped with pieces from various dogs...
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Servo Dampening

wall-e suffers from a head shake. this happens when I move his head(up/down/left/right) and when I drive him around. i'm going to be showing him to 600+ people Monday so I really want to figure this out. his head shakes back and forth(side to side). I was thinking... if I put a mid tension spring on the area where the servo mounts to the head and...
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Painting Robots

Painting Robots

I am curious as to how some of you have gone about painting your robots. In this forum I have seen fantastic robots, and would like to know what your procedures were in painting your robots....
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VB Code

VB Code

does anyone have any VB codefor the EZ they would like to share? jms
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Heavy Duty Servos & Standard Mini Servo

Hello Anybody know the equivalent brand and model of the heavy duty servo and the standard mini servo available in the ez-robot store? I would order from EZ-Robot but shipping + any duties to the US costs more than the servo!
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Found A Great Price On Tellymate

Battsock has a new one out called Tellymate tiny ttl,its same as the tellymate only a lot smaller and it $12.50 and tellymate is selling cheaper then you can get at sparkfun. Shipping is very low I got a few in very fast and will work on the code as i have a chance. tellymate tiny ttl
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Connecting Laptop Battery To Ez-B And Rover 5 Chasis, And Using Dagu Motor Contr

Connecting Laptop Battery To Ez-B And Rover 5 Chasis, And Using Dagu Motor Contr

I started by buying the smaller sized H-Bridge from the...
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Is This True Ez Robot Has To Leave The New Store

Is This True Ez Robot Has To Leave The New Store

JUST saw the new office cam that Alan is holding up a card they have to leave. That i hope is just a JOKE