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Wowwee MIP v2 by Wowwee
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Wowwee MIP V2

UART interface to hack WowWee MIP with ESP32/ESP32‑Cam or EZ‑B v4 for ARC; hardware UART preferred, configurable power and baud 9600/115200

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JD Spock 3D-printed Star Trek TOS phaser sized for JD, color-matched EZ_OST_phaser.stl and printable paper headpiece template (SpockJD.pdf)

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How Can I Make The Light Sensor Go On My Hexapod Body?

I really want a cool Hexapod custom robot but I don't know how to place a light monitor on? It would also be cool if it could hold cans. I really want to know. Thank you! confused tired&
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Ez-Robot Is To Cool

EZ-Robot is becoming way to COOL for words With all it can do and all the addons like EZ Face and RoboRelm its getting way to cool to discribe in words Now when i try to tell others about it i get compleatly lost and all i can say is look at the site it will blow your mind I cant imagen how cool it will be in another year I cant think about what...
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Indispensible To Robotics. The Basic Multimeter

Hey guys... I wanted to post a quick 2 videos on how to use a basic multimeter... Some of you guys on here are not so comfortable with electronics so I am hoping my video will keep you from blowing up your shiny new Revolution robot or V4 board... For that matter any other electronic device as well... Just 2 quick videos... remember before hooking...
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Thanks Troy Doctor Who Ftw

Thanks Troy Doctor Who Ftw

Very cool! I tried to take the day off today and walked around the zoo. However, the zoo is only a few blocks from the EZ-Robot hq. I stopped in to see this little...
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Can't Find App

Please help I can't find the mobile app anywhere. I looked on the App Store and the play store.
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Do Pins Question

Do Pins Question

I read Rich's tutorial regarding the l298 h bridge which is prompting this question. There was a spin off link that Rich directed me too that actually showed a bit of code to control a...
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How To Adjust Screen In ARC

can i adjust the screen in ARC or is this normal.
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Do Pins Arent Working

Try to make this as simple as possible. None of my DO pins are working. They all stay on (12vdc) They never shut off. I used the digital port in ARC and assigned the port and many others to test. None of them shut off. Im measuring between red and black by the way. Thanks Chris
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3Am And Still Working

3Am And Still Working

I cant believe you are still working at 3 AM
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Anti Spam Acceptance Email From Ez Robot?

I got an email today from what looks like EZ Robot regarding anti spam .... it requires a response via a link.... Before I do it, I just wanted to make sure it actually came from EZ Robot ... Thanks Richard
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Control Command Latency/ Protecton Policy

Control Command Latency/ Protecton Policy

Hi, I am interested in a Robot Controller with Video Feedback together with command output through WiFi. I found the ROLI or the EZ-B v4...
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I Am Getting Excited

I am getting so excited about my ez-robots coming soon! After watching a video post someone had made of a trike type of car for robot to ride, I think I will start building a trike for my in coming bot. Can someone give me the assembled height of the JD Bot? the Width from outer arm to outer arm ?