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Does Anyone Have A Tele-Presence Script Done?

just curious. I was wondering. It doesn't seem to take much. Just a wireless camera and a Roomba movement panel, I guess. Thanks, Mel
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Not A Complaint, Just An Observation

Not A Complaint, Just An Observation

I hate to say this. But, the icons are so big that they fill up the upper part of the screen of my little bitty notebook. They have word wrap which...
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Image View Is Not Working For Http Server

Hello, you have made great product. I'm now in process of making quick prototype idea. Hopefully I will make full story later. Currently I found that HTTP server image view - and streaming is not working - I tried in different ways, also with my computer webcamera. All times it just shows that image is not available. Currently I have workaround - I...
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Darpas New Biped

Darpas New Biped

I want one DARPA's New Pet-Proto Robot Navigates Obstacles
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Roomba Command Control By Joystick

hi dj! recently, i bought a roomba and connect ARC , and controling roomba by joystick, but i do not know how to assign the command mainbrush, subbrush to the botton of joystick. so could you teach me the mathod of this ? stress
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Faster Sonar Ping Interval Possible?

Hello, I've been working with a few different types of sonar modules, the Parallax Ping, the SRF04 and the SRF05 and in ARC using either the radar scan, distance, or collision detection the "ping" interval can only be set from 100ms all the way up to 60000, is there a way to set it lower to say 20 or even 10? I also noticed that the...
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Script Action Upon Motion - Need Help Quick!

Hey all, Looks like my ping sensor is not working so I need an alternative. I was hoping to use a web cam. Can anyone tell me if possible and how I could trigger a script upon the detection of motion? Is this even possible with ARC? I'm heading to bed soon, but the competition is tomorrow so I hope to have this fixed in the morning. Judging is at...
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Get Adc Variable Value For Second Board

Hi DJ, When you get a chance could you place this on your pile of 100's of things to look at? Could you verify that the following syntax can be used on a second EZ-B board? I cant get it to return a value for my script or see it in the Variable Watch Panel. No matter where I place the "1." in the syntax I either see no value or a 1.0 next...
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*Fixed* I Was A Bit Annoyed :)

About 2 months ago, while working with the EZB, I heard a "pop" sound. I checked the fuse, seemed fine. Was told I likely pooped the IC. order a couple replacements, just to have a spare. Finally got them this week. Replaced the chip, same issue...flashing bluetooth (connects), no BLUE light at all. I would REALLY like to play with this...
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Use Multiple Tracking Script

Use Multiple Tracking Script

Hi, i try use 2 script in 'Tracking Start' or ' Tracking end' but i can't do it. Any solution for use 2 script in the same line? i need move my servo from 50 to...
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Sorry I Was Gone For A While

Sorry I was gone for a while. I had alot of personal tasks that I had to Be done with first. And I finally got my first actuall robot going. Because of the ez robot system I finished it in a week. I'll show you a picture of it soon.
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I Have Runaway Scripts

Most of my scripts work just fine. I have them controlling the Roomba Movement panel. I can start all of them by the Speech Recognition. I need to STOP them with speech recognition. I have an Explore script and a Roam script which if for Navigation. It is patterned very much off of the two Examples for Navigation. But, it just won't stop no matter...