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Hey Dj! You're On Makemagazine!

Hey Dj! You're On Makemagazine!

They just uploaded a video with short shots of 3 of your robots (From 1:00)
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Question With Color Tracking, Motion And Face

I am trying to get color tracking working. It has no problem what so ever seeing the red ball. But from the robots viewpoint, when it sees it, it goes to the Right and all the way down. Everytime. To the right and down. Please help. I am loosing patience with this. It is NOT D.J.'s fault. It is mine. I have tried Inverting and such. It is as if it...
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I Like To See What Others Have As A Job Or Field

I Like To See What Others Have As A Job Or Field

about me well started in elecronics in age i think 6 taking apart my first a/c outlet,then latter on worked on radio...
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Creating A Windows Phone App.

Hey I need some help. I have a windows phone and would like to control my robot from there using the bluetooth. Can any one help me out???? confused confused
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Continuous Rotation Sevos Movement Panel

Every time I use the continuous rotation servo movement panel in the EZ-B the continuous rotation servos go the opposite way. Is that normal? confused
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Pico Linear Servo Find

Pico Linear Servo Find

I usually dont find ones like this and I wanted to share. I hope it sparks a few creative ideas. From Solarbotics
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Selecting A Servo For A Project

here is info i am using for many years for my robots off the servo city site Servo power is stated as ounce-inches (oz-in.) This is the maximum amount of power the given servo will apply with a one inch arm. For example, if a servo has a power rating of 16 oz-in, the maximum amount of power it will be able to apply with a 1" arm will be 1 lbs....
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Using Continuous Servos As Drive Power Polulu Power Hd 240 Oz On Servo

Ok so I'm thinking of ideas like using servos for drive , mostly because they are easy to replace or upgrade , and I already need to cut out the bottom of Jarvis base to fit the vacuum power head. If I did one servo per wheel that's 480 oz in torque per side. Is this enough to scoot around a 50 pound robot? On carpet? I do have the option to use...
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Please Help Download

I tried to download the EZ-SDK but once I downloaded I had no idea what to do. Can you please help me? I am so confused. confused
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Color Sensor

Can an Ez-b sense color and if so what sensor should I use?and how?
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Hi, I'm New

I last built a robot 30 years ago It was named Forbin and was designed to be autonomous (as far as was possible 30 years ago) - it could detect sound and light, follow a track and a buried guide wire, avoid obstacles and talk as it wandered the room - I was proud to bits of it! Then having a life got in the way However, I was so enthused when I saw...
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Bay Area

Anyone in the SF Bay Area want to hack together some robots? Beer n Bots anyone? CK