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Exporting Little Chunks Of ARC To Other Program?

I read the FAQ, and the following was there: Q. Is the EZ-B Open-Source? We encourage any code you develop using the EZ-B SDK to be released Open-Source and protected under any software license you choose. The code for DJ's robots are released under the DIY section of this website and will always be open source. For hardcore hackers and modders,...
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What's Happening At Hq?

Looking at the office cams, it's empty! Plus omnibot is on the counter. What's going on?
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EZ-B + Arduinix Nixie Tube Driver

EZ-B + Arduinix Nixie Tube Driver

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Ez430 Chronos Question

Hey guys, My ez430 chronos works alright with the chronos control center, but when i try to connect it to ARC , as soon as I click the start button, it goes back to stop immediately... There is no error message in the debug too.. So what am I suppose to do?
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Can L293d B Used For Motorcontroller

hi dj sir i just had a doubt ,can we use l293d for controlling motor using ez-b
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Request

Hi dj and all the ezrobot crew, would it be possible to see a video of jd walking if possible? I'm interested in him and would like to see more videos, I know you guys are busy so anything at all would be greatly appreciated. Also, I use roborealm, do you think your hardware and there software will one day coincide? Tnx again guys.
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Good App For Ar Drone 2 Camera Hacking

The app is called Drone Cam for your AR.Drone by Tommy Kammerer. It's on iOS and it bypasses the error codes that could be effecting your drone, turning it into a camera if your drones broken. The coding would probably be easy to back track. Just in case the Team is reconsidering bringing the ar drone 2 to ez-robot.
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Robot Goes Crazy By Itself! Help! Very Important!

Robot Goes Crazy By Itself! Help! Very Important!

Hello, I need assistance in understanding why my robot is controlling itself. It is supposed to be controlled from a...
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Josh, Why?

Josh, is it really nessessary for you to post on every unresolved thread? It's kinda anoying and is flooding the forum and my email. It's also making it hard to see liget posts and pushing others back. I know your trying to "Clean up the queue" but is that really going to happen? I think most people dont really dont care and and wont...
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Cheap Woden Robot Arm

I found this pretty interesting. It might just work for my secret project that may possible start to come together after Christmas. makezine.com/2007/11/29/the-wooden-menace-robotic/
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Twitter In ARC

Twitter In ARC

Hi, I try to use some twitter functionalities in ARC but I encounter some difficulties. I have configured my account in Option/Twitter in ARC with no problem, but after that nothing works,...
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Speech Recognition Not Working

Hello all is it just me or is anyone out there having issues with the speech recognition in ARC. I have tried it on 3 different pc's and can't get it to work. All my scripts are good and tested working, just the recognition is not. Maybe there was a change in ARC due to the new EZ-B coming? confused