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Win A $400 Ez-Robot Roli Rover Robot Kit

Robotics Trends has partnered with EZ-Robot to give away an EZ-Robot Roli Rover Robot Kit - a $400 value. The United States needs to get more kids involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education. Fifteen percent of current job openings in the country are in the tech field, but only 16 percent of high school seniors are...
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Web Cam

Can I connect an ordinary Web camera to direct to the ez robot
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Cool Robot Gripper

Cool Robot Gripper

Found this interesting hand idea.... Don't know yet if these are for purchase....
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How To Script

How To Script

Hello , I wanted to ask about the scripting in mobile interface I wanted to show the ping distance in a text box but I could not I wrote " $Distance " and when it gave me an err I...
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Really Cool Animatronic Robot

Really Cool Animatronic Robot

This is what keeps me inspired....
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Progress And Scripting

Progress And Scripting

Hello. Just a quick update and some issues I have. The hex that is still nameless is awesome. ARC is super awesome. Ive got the hex walking ( not quite in a straight line) and...
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Reversing Servo

Reversing Servo

Hi Is there any way of reversing servos in Auto Position when building frames . like there is in horizontal or vertical servo. It would make it easier to keep track of where I am in the...
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Parts Needed

Does anyone in the easrern US area have any levers from lever servos they would sell? I have a project and need two of them. I will go to the 3d forum if not available here. Thanks, Ron
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Flex Sensors

Flex Sensors

Has anybody used, or know if these can be used with the EZ-B v4? And if do, how do they connect? These flex/bend sensors would be great if they worked with the EZ-B and ARC. Not much information...
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Ez Robot Cam

Is it possible to connect the cam to a arduino UNO with the ICSP Port? I can't find any datasheet fr the cam :-(
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Variable Not Defined: $Associate

So I'm getting an error that says: " Error on line 21: Variable not defined: $Associate " So how do I define a variable? Code: :Start # check for motion if(getDigital(D18)=1) Print (" associate detected") $Associate = Y $AssociateTime = $time sayEZB(" I SEE a associate") sleep(3000) endif if(getDigital(D17)=1)...
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Help With Simple Script To Restart Camera

So I am trying to get my camera to restart automatically when connection is lost and reestablished... I have script running just fine to get connection back.. however I cant get the script to restart camera back up after connection is back.. I am trying this with no luck.. :loopcam if(IsCameraActive=0) repeatuntil(iscameraactived=1)...