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ARC Script For Pulling Up A Website To View Via Speech Recognition

I'm trying to get Bob to pull up different website I can view via voice command. For example I wanted to view the Weather Radar off Bobs screen. I know how rss works but this time I just want the web site to view (not to be read out). I've looked in examples and the cloud but can't see anything on it - Thanks if anyone can help.
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Proxy Authentication

Hey DJ Sures... My students are lovin' using my EZ-B... (Notice the 'MY') It works great using the connect to other instances of EZ-B via IP... students can work on our one project around the classroom. Only drawback is I have to fight them for access but I am planning to get the mini boards when they are released and get students working on their...
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How Can You Stop A Track Using Voice Command ?

I'm really enjoying the EZ-b voice recognition but can't seem to find an example of how to stop a music track once it starts playing. Can anyone help please ? For example I say "Bob play The Eagles" and the track assigned plays which is really cool but I want to be able to stop it if I can to go onto a different command. Any assistance...
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Want One

Want One

love the way this robot moves
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What Would You Like Robots To Do  ?

What Would You Like Robots To Do ?

I thought I would start a fun forum on things we would like our completed Robots to do. As you may or may not be aware, I'm working on Bob waking up...
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Bought A Samsung Galaxy Tablet

it has android 4.0 system will it work with EZB and how got it from newegg for $549 1.40 ghz WIFI,and bluetooth
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Managing Connection Failures

Hi team.... A question for the masses.... is there any way for me to find out if a bluetooth connection to a particular EZ-B board has been dropped? I would like to script a reconnection attempt when a connection is dropped just in case the board has had a momentary brownout.... due to a power fluctuation. Or, here's a thought, installing a return...
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Vote For Your Favorite Robot.

Vote for your fav. Robot!
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No Value For Adc

I have a pot hooked to adc0. The "Read Adc" window shows me my voltage and I can change that via the pot, but there is no displayed value, which should be between 0 and 255 if I remember correctly. Instead "N/A" is displayed. If i run a script getadc(adc0) I can see the value displayed in the script window. It seems the adc...
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Microphone Options For Bob - Any Success With Microphones

Microphone Options For Bob - Any Success With Microphones

Just wondering what a good longest range mike option there would be for the robot. Or should I get a good...
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Robotic Grippers Based On Granular Jamming

Robotic Grippers Based On Granular Jamming

I LOVE this idea Robotic grippers based on granular jamming Cornell Creative Machines Lab
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Small Undocumented Change That May Catch Ya Out

FYI everyone Two commands Exec ("c:\windows\notepad.exe") Browser("https://www.google.com") no longer seem to require the speech marks eg. Exec (c:\windows\notepad.exe) Browser(https://www.google.com) Took me a while to work out but all good. Great for showing a household automation homepage or directory eg....