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Wheeler Chair Robot

Wheeler Chair Robot

I saw that last year somebody had built a wheel chair robot?. My idea for the new Robot will be as a stage mascot that can also pretend to play the drums on stage. My brother has a...
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Is There Anyway To Control A Dc Motor Like A Servo?

Is There Anyway To Control A Dc Motor Like A Servo?

Is there anyway to control a dc motor like a servo with position feedback using ACR an Arduino?
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Servo Control

How do I reset all servos and calibrate each servo? I am performing the initial JD Humanoid Robot assembly, and after the assembly, I connected JD to WiFi and then started on the Servo setup. I had to stop the process because one of the arms was not in the correct orientation when attached. Can I restart the servo calibration positions?
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Speech Recognition - Language Issue

Speech Recognition - Language Issue

Hello everyone, I've recently been experimenting with different languages for my robot. English and Mandarin are working fine and amazing, but I'm...
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How To Write The EZ-Command In Python

Hi, Can I know, how to write the ("Speech Recognition", "PauseOff") command in python? Thanks in advance!
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Invert Direction With A Script

What is the script to Invert direction pragmatically for V1 and have it change the checkbox in Setting for the V1 port at the same time?
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How To Create Robot Skills?

Using an external API to generate Speech-to-Text (STT) as a robot skill. I don't know how to create an external skill even if I click on 'Create External Skill.' I want to input code to fetch data from an external API and apply it to the robot. "How do I apply an external API to the robot by entering code?"
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4 Pin Ultrasonic Sensor Iotiny

Hello can you use a 4 pin ultrasonic  sensor, like the SR-04, with the iotiny and if so how would it wire up? I'm guessing it would use 2 digital ports on the iotiny. Thank you
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How To Write The Audio.Say In Python

How to write the code in Python for "audio.say" to instead "print(text)"? import time import random def SayWait(text, wait_time): print(text) time.sleep(wait_time) # Story 1 def story1(): SayWait("Once upon a time, there was a dear little girl...", 1) # Story 2 def story2(): SayWait("What a tender young...
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Monitor The Serial Communications Between ARC And An Arduino Board

Is there a way to monitor the serial communications between ARC and an Arduino connected by USB?
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Can See Camera On The Wifi But Not The Actual Board

I have an Ez-B Tiny. On the wifi the 'camera' shows up but not the board - although it did previously. Why?
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What Do You Think Of The New Look?

What Do You Think Of The New Look?

We've been busy! Now that kits are flying out of our lab, we've had some time to tick off items on the to-do list. I personally like the change to the...