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Connect By Name On Ohmni Dual NIC

Connect By Name On Ohmni Dual NIC

Hardware/setup: Ohmnilabs Telepresence Robot (Ohmni) running Windows 10 on the onboard UpBoard. I’m using the Ohmnilabs Standalone movement panel to drive...
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Ultrasonic Radar Left/Right Flipped Lattepanda

Ultrasonic Radar Left/Right Flipped Lattepanda

Running ARC on a LattePanda (Windows 10) using the onboard Arduino Leonardo with the EZ-Genuino_Leonardo firmware (Dec 11,...
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Vuzix AR Drift On Roli Pan/Tilt

Vuzix AR Drift On Roli Pan/Tilt

I’ve got a Roli Rover (EZ-B v4 over WiFi, client mode) with the EZ-Robot pan/tilt and camera mounted up front (pan on D0, tilt on D1). Camera Device skill is...
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Tiny Yolo2 Not Triggering Camera Scripts

Tiny Yolo2 Not Triggering Camera Scripts

Working with a ROBOTIS Darwin Mini (OpenCM9.04) connected to ARC by USB (freshly flashed with the ARC-compatible firmware from...
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Micro:Bit Buttons Driving Tic Tac Toe

Micro:Bit Buttons Driving Tic Tac Toe

I’ve got a BBC micro:bit connected to ARC over USB using the BBC micro:bit skill (flashed the firmware from the skill and can see Button A/B and...
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Safeint And Clampint Explained

Safeint And Clampint Explained

@Athena, can you explain the functions safeInt and clampInt? Why are they used and how can the values be changed? Thanks - Jack. Context: This looks like an ARC...
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Left Motors Stall Until Scan Request

Left Motors Stall Until Scan Request

@Athena - can you review the Arduino sketch below and explain why the left motors (LeftFront and LeftBack) do not run until...
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Sound Servo To XL-320 On Darwin Mini

Sound Servo To XL-320 On Darwin Mini

I’m trying to get my ROBOTIS DARWIN MINI (OpenCM9.04, 16x XL-320) to "talk" using the Sound Servo (PC Speaker) skill, but the selected...
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Dialogflow Driving Sphero Reliably

Dialogflow Driving Sphero Reliably

I’ve got a Sphero (SPRK+) paired over Bluetooth and the Sphero Movement Panel works great for manual driving. I’m now layering in the DialogFlow robot...
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Global Variables Between Scripts In ARC

Global Variables Between Scripts In ARC

@Athena, can you help me set up global variables in one script (LEG_v6) so they can be read and sent by another script (UART_v6)? Context: I'm...
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Why Does Speech Recognition Pickup Background Nois…

Why Does Speech Recognition Pickup Background Nois…

One thing I still don't understand: whenever I have the "Speak Rec" Robot Skill operating, it picks up...
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Obstacle Scan Only Once

Obstacle Scan Only Once

, #include #include static const uint8_t UART_HEADER = 0xA5; // ARC -> Arduinostatic const uint8_t CMD_STOP_MOTORS = 0x01;static const uint8_t CMD_ACTUAL_BEARING =...