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How To Use AI To Estimate Distances

How do I use AI to estimate distances using a ultrasonic sensor?
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Send Commands To Servos Over Serial

I have a Raspberry Pi running Synthiam on an installation of Windows 10 and I need to send serial commands to the servos. How can this be done?
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Chatgpt Integration?

Chatgpt Integration?

I have been using ChatGPT a lot lately just to see what the AI can do.  I am impressed in many ways over previous Chatbot AI engines.   Integrating ChatGPT into ARC/Synthiam...
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Open AI Chatgpt Not Speaking Full Paragraph But Mouth Does Continue.

Hello All and hope everyone is getting ready for the holiday and spread cheer. Why when using OpenAI ChatGPT it will not speak the entire paragragh but the mouth does continue with paragragh? Is this a OpenAI ChatGPT limitation? Thank you.
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Syntax For Referencing File Location In Ezscript

What is the Syntax for referencing a file location (directory) in EZScript? For example "C:\Images" + $Variable + ".jpg" return an error message.
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Which Servo Controller Should I Use

Which servo controller should I use? I need 5 pieces of servos. Power supply 5 volts. I will use raspberry pi 4
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The Speech Is Cut Off Using Bing Speech And CHATGPT And Iotiny

The Speech Is Cut Off Using Bing Speech And CHATGPT And Iotiny

So I ask the BingSpeech "What is your name?" it sends question to CHATGPT which then...
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Why Is My Auto Position A Movement Panel

How can I make the autoposition skill be a nonmovement panel and then have a separate movement panel to control my steppers as you can have only one movement panel per project?
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How Can I Use Accelerometer From Iphone And App Interface To Steer My Robot

How can I use accelerometer from iPhone and app interface to steer my robot? I'd like to tilt my Iphone and drive my robot left, right, forward and backwards. I would like it to use the amount of tilt to produce the amount of speed. Where do I find the variable for the amount of tilt the iPhone produces?
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Custom Haar Tracking Using Cascade Defined Model

Hello All -  How can I use a Custom Haar cascade model within the camera module? I would like to use a defined model, not sure where to I can place the .xml file "directory" https://github.com/opencv/opencv/tree/master/data/haarcascades Thanks as always everyone.
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How Do I Display An Image

how do i display a changeable image on my mobile interface? I can assign text to a variable and display it. But how can I display a photo alongside that text?
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How To Control Servos With The Raspberrypi Running EZB Server (Blueberry Server)

Im trying to control Servomotors with my Raspberry Pi running EZB Server (BlueBerry Server). I added an Horizontal Servo Controller, selected D13, wired everything up accordingly and defined the min and max values. Just like I'm used to with my EZ-Robot board. However on the RaspberryPi I didnt achieve a single movement. What am I missing here?