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Omnibot 2000

Love to get one of these but I've been looking for a while and haven't found one that I could afford.How much should I expect to pay and any tips - being in Australia doesn't help as shipping can be quite high.
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Coachella 2012

anyone going? be really cool if you did, man... black keys radiohead snoop and Dr Dre
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Moving Away From An Object....

Hey Everyone! I know we can have the Robot Avoid Objects,using sonar,,,,,, but can we write a Script that tells the Robot to stand Still then react to something moving towards IT?, Like to move away? Say Like a Pet or Person gets too close to the Robot and it backs away....?
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EZ-Robot Is Our Life

EZ-Robot Is Our Life

I write everything from my head onto paper. The walls of my home are covered in large sheets of paper with ideas and theories about robotics. I learn from you, the EZ-Community, to...
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Beta ARC 2012.04.10.00 (15.5 Firmware)

This is a beta firmware for anyone with ports going high randomly. Let me know if it still happens with this version. I'm struggling to find out what is going on inside the PIC. I'm starting to think I found a static bug in the PIC itself. I need more testing before I can make that claim 2012.04.10.00BetaInstaller.zip <- Right Click, Save As
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Port Problem?

I'm still having higher port problems. I have moved everything to lower ports, which seem to be working, but I really need the higher ports to work, need the room. Everything after port 10 seems to not work properly. I even uninstalled the bluetooth device and reinstalled it, rediscovered the EZ-B in the bluetooth devices, cycled the power on the...
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Flying Robot Stuck In A Tree

Flying Robot Stuck In A Tree

This might be an interesting story, the new age version of a cat stuck in the tree. This time, it's a robot. I was testing one of my flying robots outside and...
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Meeting The Guru

Was in Calgary last weekend and I was kindly invited to the Temple of the Guru, i.e. DJ who spent several hours fixing a small problem with my copy of EZ-B software while I picked his brain in general. I did have a small problem figuring out which one was DJ amongst all the robots there but finally figured out he was the one controlling the...
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Will There Be An Interface For Eeg Headsets

very cool to control you robot from just thinking about it there are a few types one is MINDSET other is EPOC headset both are EEG using brainwaves to control your robot i am ordering the EPOC first because i have software for my ROVIO robot and others then nexr month getting the MINDSET to use with the mindset toolkit to control other robots EPOC...
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Mit Gets How Much?

This is insane. $10,000,000 (10 million) for paper robots. I can't believe that. Must be an april fools joke, no? The quote from the MIT interview is interesting. Did no one do their research before wasting that much money during an economical crisis? Click for article I wonder if they've heard of EZ-Robot? I guess not
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Robot Ideas

Robot Ideas

What are some advance and cool robot ideas? I what a robot that could interact with you and others. So, give me your ideas! Thanks!
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Omnibot Sounds

Hey! I've ripped some omnibot sounds off youtube video's, thought it might also be useful for you! omnibotsounds-ByNiek.zip