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Robosapien V1 Remote Question

Hello. I have recently bought robot and remote (separately). Robot seems to work fine (when I click on the button it says something and moves arms and legs for 10-15 seconds). The remote has a problem. Green light is never on. I have tried several batteries, all brand new - the result is the same. When I press the buttons in the center of the...
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Using Ezb Hbridge To Control Rc Truck

Using Ezb Hbridge To Control Rc Truck

I am looking to control a basic RC Truck using an HBridge from EZ-Robot. The RC truck is quite simple in that it has one motor for forward and...
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Ez Robot Smart Servos?

Ez Robot Smart Servos?

@DJ There have been lots of discussion (especially lately) about Dynamixel smart servos and now you have released a new plugin for support of KRS ICS smart servos too... I was...
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Dj's Autominous Omnibot

Anybody tell me where to find code etc for DJ's Omnibot. Checked out his great videos and plan to convert one.
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Ultrasonic Sensor Reads 255 Constantly

Ultrasonic Sensor Reads 255 Constantly

I've been trying to use an ultrasonic sensor to use on my JD robot but the output is constantly 255 regardless if there is something in front of...
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Lessons

Hello all! First let me say I find this to be a great product and it's apparent EZ has worked hard to make this as easy as possible. Thanks for your great work and all who contribute! That being said it's also apparent I am just not smart enough to finish the setup process with the lessons/tutorials that are available. I have built a JD with hips...
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Speed For Camera Servo- Tracking

Another question. When trying to get the most out of the camera tracker, I've always struggled with how its moving the servos if i choose grid option. 1) The servo speed seems set to (slow?) on increment 1 2) If I change the incremental steps I can make the servo speed faster at the cost of what seems larger degrees of movement?! 3) I'm trying to...
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Gooooooooogle

Gooooooooogle

Eureka! Google speech recognition added oh happy day.
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Wheel Speed

Hey I hope you can make the wheels move at least 280rpm becaus I was hoping to make my robot move faster than 180rpm and doesn't that seem slow?
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Ttl Serial Hook Up Question

Quick question. I'm setting up the serial to computer The usb ttl converter has a jumper for 5 and 3.3 v just want to make sure that 3.3v is the choice so no blue smoke or other disasters ! Or does it matter since i, not using vcc? Edit_ works great, connected to the computer via USB...yay
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Searching Plugin For Kinect 2.0

Searching Plugin For Kinect 2.0

Hi, Im searching a way to use the Microsoft Kinect 2.0 for my Robot ( InMoov ). Is here everyone who has written a Plugin ( Beta-Status/ Source is ok )? Best...
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Revolution: Jd Not Charging

I have viewed the related tutorials with no luck on how to correct this issue. I've just assembled 5 brand new, Revolution: JD robots. I attempted to charge them all yesterday. All of the Link-Man chargers lit up, except on one of the robots. At first I thought it may have been a damaged charger, but when I connected the other chargers to that one...