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The Robot Camera Device Will Not Show.

Camera device will not load the robots camera.  Why does it say camera can not connect?
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Waitforanyspeech Missing?

Hello I was looking around the support section and found that there was an Audio option called waitForAnySpeech but when I tried to use it in ARC I received an error that said "Object has no method 'waitForAnySpeech'. Is this feature missing in ARC? This feature doesn't show up in the IntelliSense either.
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Openai Chatgpt

Muss zur Verwendung des Roboter Skills openAI ChatGPT" ein kostenpflichtiger API Key erworben werden oder gibt es noch andere Optionen, ChatGPT in die Roboter Funktionen einzubinden?
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Skill Bing Speech Recognition Error

When activating the skill, there is always an error message. All other skills work. Can anyone help me? thank you very much.
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Modify Auto Position While Moving

Modify Auto Position While Moving

DJ or anyone else,  I have a few questions based on my limited knowledge of ARC.  The one thing I have learned about ARC there are many places where you...
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Send Camera Image To Webserver

Send Camera Image To Webserver

Hello guys, Does anyone know how I can to get buffer array of the video frame inside js?(or inside something else script). If it is not exists then I'am not...
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Pausing A Javascript That Has Called The Autoposition Skill To Run An Action?

I'm asking this question for two reasions; first I want to know the best way to pause a stand alone Javascript that has called the autoposition skill to run and to see how Athena does with coding.  What is the best way to pause a stand alone JavaScript that has called the Autoposition skill to run an Action? I know I can monitor the variable the...
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Best Way To Display A Lot Of Data In ARC

hi what is the best way to display a lot of data in ARC. I have a large JSON file that is continuously updated via websockets  and I can parse the data into variables and arrays and I currently display it raw in various scripts. I see there are some charts, graphs, guages etc but is there a better way to display the data in ARC in  a graphical user...
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EZ Script Math Function Suddenly Gets Error.

First, this problem just started ever since I've been converting me EZ Scripts into JavaScripts in my project. I now have a mix of both scripts through out my project. These EZ Scripts worked before I started this process.  At some point during this process of conversion I started getting an error message from an EZ Script that uses math functions....
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Can This Be Removed?

Can This Be Removed?

@DJ , someone brought to my attention that my name is listed as founder of Synthiam on a site called Build With... so unless there is something I don't know lol, can we find a way...
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Design Not Saving Ports

I created a quick design called JDOG WIP and saved so I would not lose progress.  I then went back and tried to change the ports to the actual ports I am using but they won't change in the design document.  I have done this many times before and now it doesn't work.  What am I doing wrong.  I go into design click on bit properties tab, click on a...
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Which Way Should I Go For Spot Micro?

Which Way Should I Go For Spot Micro?

I have completed the mechanical assembly of Spot Micro.    There are several versions for the controlling mechanisms used by various people.  Here...