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Modified Ez-Bits For Futaba & Hitec

I decided to buy a bunch of extra servos so I could build a fully loaded SIX (or as my 4 year old grand-daughter says "a pretty spider robot"). My local hobby store sells three brands of servos Futaba, HiTec and some unknown generic knock off of the Futaba. I went with a mix of the Futaba and HiTec, got them home and found that the...
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Power Plug Doesn't Fit - Developer Kit

Power Plug Doesn't Fit - Developer Kit

The power plug you included in the Developer Kit does not fit into the power base. Reading on your forums this is a common problem? Pretty poor...
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Color Recognition

Color Recognition

Hi All, Is there a step-by-step tutorial on how to get my robot to respond to color? I've seen the tutorials, but can't get it to work. I want to have Roli follow a red ball as was...
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Color Tracking

Color Tracking

how can i delete bad foto's and why doesn move my servo's while tracking. i try photo from learn section and one whit fill in the ports none seems to work. thanks
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An Introduction To Scripting

All script examples are on the EZ-Cloud for download and updated after each additional post Download Now Index Part 1 - You are here Part 2 - Page 1 Post #6 Part 3 - Page 1 Post #8 Part 4 - Page 2 Post #6 Part 5 - Page 2 Post #9 Part 6 - Page 3 Post #5 Part 7 - Page 4 Post #3 I have some time on my hands and nobody seems to be asking questions at...
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Unable To Install On My Laptop

I just got my JD for my birthday present. My first time with a robot. I have no idea how install this on my laptop. After loading the software on the computer, it will not run. Please help as this 12year old is ready to rock this robot. Thanks
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Can't Switch Speech Recognition To French

Can't Switch Speech Recognition To French

Is any one have been successful setting up "Speech recognition" from US to french Canadian or other language in ARC. (French...
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Good Runthrough Of Adding Sabertooth And Syren

Good Runthrough Of Adding Sabertooth And Syren

Looking for shadowing session with a Ez User on walkthrough through connecting a styrene and a sabertooth controller to be...
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Battery Charger

Just got this robot for Christmas. Have not been able to get it to connect more than the camera.. and a claw moving around... then battery low notification started... we thought the battery was charged we had it plugged in for at least 2 hours... both lights the red and green blink when it is plugged in.. is it charging? and if not what needs to be...
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Holiday Robot Contest

Holiday Robot Contest

This my robot I created for the holidays.It was created from a Christmas ornament,a Brookstone rover and an ez v3. Happy Holidays
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Pin Out Details On Ezb V4

Pin Out Details On Ezb V4

On the EZB V4 digital pins, what color is VCC Pin, Output/Input pin, and Gnd Pin? Is it White(or Blue), Red, Black?
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Roli Treads Stiff

Hi, I really love Roli. However, his treads are stiff and thus when he moves the motors go through a labored sound and he kind of lurches and slows down again and again as the treads work their way around the mechanism. Is there a suggested way to soften the treads? I imagine this was because they were installed at the factory and have...