Robot Building Questions

Living Next Door To Anna - Speech Synthisis Headache - Help !

Does anyone - and I mean anyone out there - know how to change the MS windows 7 voice of Anna. I've got a handle on the rss feeds but this girls voice drives me nuts. Besides Bob is a man, bloke, fella, guy - You know he eats hot dog batteries and watches the footy with those wacky disc eyes. He is getting traumatized when he heres me practicing...

Structuring Add Control Menu To Next Version Of ARC

Hi I have a suggestion for the next version of ARC , and it is to structure the menu under the Add Control. My suggestion is to group the hardware controls to existing robots in a group, scripts and similar in another group, etc. it had made ??it easier / faster to find. Best regards Leif

Brookstone Rover Treads

Does anyone know of a source for alternate treads for the Brookstone Rover? I want to take it off road and need more traction. Maybe something with long plates to go through mud?

Launching External Apps From Ez-B

Hi team Here is a script that I can get to work inside EZ-B on its own but when I call it from within the Speech Recognition block I get an "Remoting is not supported for this control" error. Any ideas...? Here is the C# code I am using... - Wayne ___________________ using System; using System.IO; using System.Windows.Forms; using EZ_B;...

Bluetooth Troubles

Got my EZB kit today and I'm very excited. All I want to do for now is see a servo move. I've followed the setup instructions. Upgraded the firmware. And now I'm following the steps to just get a standard horizontal servo moving. The problem is I can only connect on COM3. There is a COM4 option but it won't ever connect to that one. COM3 will...

Usb Dongle

I am planning to buy the $235 kit. I will put the video camera on my robot and receive video at the PC using the provided dongle receiver in a USB port.. Question: Does this dongle also serve to transmit commands to the Bluetooth-equipped EZ-B control board on my robot? Or do I need a separate Bluetooth dongle in another USB port? (My laptop...

Firmware Updater

Noticed that I can't edit the com port in the Fimware updater like you can in ARC my windows assigned COM port is Com 8 apperas on ARC as Com 83 no problem delete the 3 and I'm up and running. Need this feature in the firmware updater though Also I paired my EZ-B board without adding a pairing code and it pairs just fine then when I run ARC and...

Adc Ports

I was wondering if I could use a veriable resister to find a position on a robot arm with the ADC port and how to if I can My robo arm is in project showcase for pics the var. resisters would be at each pivot point

Rss Feed - Rss Address Copy & Paste Questions

I've been experimenting with the examples for rss feeds. I notice you cannot copy and paste the entire feed address in the left hand script column because it comes up as a hypertext link in blue. Is there something I'm doing wrong ? Also there are commas at the start and end of the address - should I also be looking for how the feed address ends as...

Robots Get Their Own Encyclopedia

Robots get their own encyclopedia

Code

im a noob at code and i would like to know how to make code. can anyone help?

E-Bay Omnibot

Somebody should scoop this. Ships USA only. www.ebay.com/itm/Tomy-Omnibot-5402-With-Tray-And-Control-/271035063219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1af2dbb3