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Line Follower

anyone can give an idea how to deal with line follower in EZ-Robot?
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Xl Rover Prototyping Community Feedback

Xl Rover Prototyping Community Feedback

ANT is doing a great job getting the first proto of the XLR6 ready to send to me to start working on so for the sake of planning I would like...
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Not Enough Coffee

Good Afternoon, There is not enough coffee to keep me awake. So, I humbly bow down to EZ-Script and say, ugh, where can I get training on how to use. Gotta get the ideas out of my head and onto script to make things do what I want it to do!
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Uartwrite Question?

Trying to send the below code via serial to my SSC-32 servo board to test servo movement... it gives me an error because $pw is greater than 255 (max for a byte which I do understand)... It's probably me not getting it, but how do I send numbers greater than 255? This is the error "Error on line 6: Value was either too large or too small for...
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How To Edit Sounds Files For Use In Ez-Robot

How To Edit Sounds Files For Use In Ez-Robot

Have you ever wanted to take a sound files and edit it so your robot can play it back? A nifty and free piece of software called...
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Instructables Vintage Contest

I was on instructables today and noticed they're having a vintage contest. I was thinking that if people with vintage bots like b9 and johnny 5's and so forth could enter and blow away the other contestants. Contest page
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Bypassing A Mini Push Button Switch

Bypassing A Mini Push Button Switch

Hi there, I am looking at adding a cool lighting system to my new robot "Trakx" (creative I know), the lighting is similar to the under car...
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Question For Those Of You In The 3D Printing Community That Are Working With Ez-

I originally posted this in the wrong place so here we go. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what is happening. I downloaded (about a dozen times) the EZ-Bits for the EZ-B3 card cover. The plate printed just fine. But, the cover had a perfect shape, but it was sooooo thin. Have any of you experienced this before? My 20mm cube prints...
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Ez-Robot Camera : Grid Lines

Good Morning, Is there anyway to "save" the grid lines in the software? If I open and close my project, I have to re-adjust my grid lines to the position that I want. Thoughts? Wayne A
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Is This Robot From Made Here

Is This Robot From Made Here

i saw his name robbie.
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Ez-B Reporting Wrong Firmware

I am using the V3 board with latest firmware and also using the latest ARC software. Windows shows "EZ-Robot" on COM5 and that is the port I selected from the connection list in EZ-B. Windows also shows my "Generic Bluetooth Radio". When EZ-B fires up, the first screen says I have Firmware V16.6 and software version...
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Ez-B Color Tracking Question

Ez-B Color Tracking Question

Good Afternoon, I am trying to get a better understanding of how the tracking works. The debug button within the camera control, allows you to see what is going on...