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Questions!!! Please Help!

Hi I finally received my robot kit but I have a few problems. First of all, all of the standard servos don't work. The continuous rotation servos are fine but not the standard ones. I could hear something in the servo but it would't move. please help me! It is stressing me out! stress I also have a second problem. The battery pack, as I turned it...
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Need Help With Servos

Hey all. I just got my kit today, and I wanted to try it out. So, I follow the tutorial to the letter, and i try ALL 6 servos, but none of them produce any movement, just a quiet buzzing noise. I tried all of the ports that the servo can occupy as well, and the same result. help me... please?
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Robosapeon V2

Can EZB control WowWee Robosapien V2 and WowWee FemiSapien Humanoid Robot, if not how can we hack and what additional hardware do you sugget. Also can microsoft Cbox Kinect be hooked up to EZB for motion detection . I contemplate on teaching Robosapien and FemiSapien dance moves kung fu using human posing and Kinect. Is this doable, suggestions and...
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Inexpensive, High Quality Ps2 Cable Source

I see alot of people struggling to find quality PS2 cables for use with the Roomba. Checkout Monoprice - PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Cables
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Explanation

Hi Folks, I am new to the ez-robot. I am a senior citizen, retired and live in Las Vegas. I need a little assistance with programming the ARC. When I program from ARC, lets say I use the ping and fill in all the info, do I just save the program as is and this creates the program or is there one other step needed that I am missing. When I program in...
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Omnibot Robot Going Cheap On Ebay

omnibot on ebay
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D.J., Have You Ever Met Red Green?

I have seen most of his shows. I am a fan of his. Mel
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Standard Servo Failure

The standard servo motor, upon receiving the command position, only emits noise and does not move.
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Sound Movement Control

Eventually I will be putting this in but I have questions on how. I see the config on the control sets minimum trigger levels for left and right but which ports can separate mics be attached to? If they are attached to analog ports where do we identify which is left and which is right. I know it may be a silly question and I may have missed...
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Sound Servo Control

Has anyone tried this one? I was looking at it and I see where you identify which servo port to use but does it always move whenever something is played on the speaker? DJ, can we enable and disable the monitoring of the speaker? Say for instance I wanted to play a sound effect but I dont want the mouth to move during it, then afterwards re-enable...
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Could Someone Explain Rssdescription Vs Rss Plain.

Please! No Rush! Thanks!
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I'm New

Hi I'm new and I am still waiting for my kit. Don't want to be rude but does anyone know the average time if I am in the U.S of A. I'm just so exited