Sound Servo (PC Speaker) icon Sound Servo (PC Speaker) Maps PC audio volume to servos in real time with scalar, min/max, invert & multi-servo options-ideal for syncing robot mouth to sound Try it →

Robot Building Questions

ARC Pro
Learn More
Upgrade to ARC Pro
With Synthiam ARC Pro, you're not just programming a robot; you're shaping the future of automation, one innovative idea at a time.
Power Up Your Scripts with AI
Describe what you want — get working robot code. The project-aware AI Script Assistant built into ARC.
Synthiam Credit
Log In
Earn synthiam credit to lower synthiam product costs
Earn Free Credit
Share your robots, answer questions, and help others — earn credit toward ARC Pro, AI credits, and robot swag.
Remote control robots or add telepresence capabilities with Exosphere

Drive Real Robots, Anywhere

Remotely operate robots around the world or add live telepresence to your own build — straight from your browser.

Discover Exosphere
LynxMotion Smart Servos by LynxMotion
Featured
Lynxmotion Smart Servos

Compact Lynxmotion Smart Servos with position feedback, safety features and UART TX/RX for Arduino/EZ-B v4; scriptable temp, load, load-dir and ping.

My First Robot by keithjmoore
Featured
Robot By Keithjmoore

iRis telepresence robot: a first DIY build in progress to serve as a telepresence platform for work.

Community

Join the Synthiam Robotics Community

Connect with thousands of robot builders, educators, and engineers. Share projects, get answers, and learn to build smarter robots with ARC.

  • ✓ Showcase your robots & projects
  • ✓ Get help from experienced builders
  • ✓ Earn credit toward Synthiam products
Create Your Free Account Log In
question
V4 Servo/Sensor Power Board

V4 Servo/Sensor Power Board

Hello everyone I know that the V4 has a direct voltage input from the battery to the digital pins. I was unsure however if this also incuded supplying direct voltage...
question

H-Bridge L298 Question

Morning all, I've a query about the L298 H-bridge that I hope that someone may be able to point me in the right direction with I've followed the same directions as in the thread here So in my setup, I've got it wired as follows H-Bridge: ENA & ENB - D19 SW1 OFF IN1 - D15 IN2 - D16 IN3 - D17 IN4 - D18 5V - D19 5V GND - D19 GND VCC - + battery...
question

Robots Are Coming, Like It Or Not.

That's what Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said about the inevitability of robotic technology. Intel plans to launch a 3-D printable robot kit by the end of the year. The "consumer" version will start around $1,600 plus PIY (print it yourself) body. The robot will be open source. Not much detail about the hardware for the 'consumer"...
question

Misterious Click

hi has anyone hear this clicking sound?i hear it in the speaker. i cant feel it in any servo.what i do find is that the circuitboard gets hot.
question
Congrats To Dschulpius

Congrats To Dschulpius

3 EZRobot people entered the Instructables robot contest and Dave was one of the runnerups! Very cool! Next time I hope to see more entries running V4's. . Congrats Dave! Show...
question
Need Help With My Ez-B V3. Dropping Bluetooth Connection

Need Help With My Ez-B V3. Dropping Bluetooth Connection

Hello, I just recently purchased a V3 EZ-B and am having a hard time keeping it connected to my computer. My...
question

New To Rebotics

Hello all, my name is AJ. I found EZ by happenstance and now I'm hooked on the idea of building a bot. I've been working on an SRAI (stimulated response artificial intelligence) entity build around AIML for some time now. It (Sam) runs on a server in my house. It's a client/server setup so that Sam can answer or work on any PC in the house. I've...
question

Interesting News Story: Robots In Market Place Trend

https://www.businessinsider.com/market-forecast-and-growth-trends-for-consumer-and-office-robots-2014-5
question
Adding Buttons+Scripts To Customer Movement Panel

Adding Buttons+Scripts To Customer Movement Panel

I am building a control interface for a custom quadcopter. when i call out the "custom movement panel" control,...
question

Slowly Getting Back At It

Well im slowly getting back to work on my bot Scraps I discovered a few problems with trying to run my bot here at my place 1 shag carpet Tracked bots don't turn well on shag carpet or in my case it don't turn on it at all 2 my place is small and the room I have to keep my pc in is the one with the shag carpet and if I put the put in the other room...
question

Botfeeder 3D Printer Filament 1St Year Anniversary

Dear 3D Printer Users, Thank you for all your supports. It has been an amazing time for BotFeeder in the U.S. & Canada. We are expecting to set up more distribution centers in the near future. In the coming years, we are expecting 3D Printing Industry to grow at an exponential rate. According to many analysts that we are in the 1st phase of the...
question

I2C Thoughts...

...from the newbie... Can each digital port send I2C? Because I saw some I2C servo controllers that handle multiple servos. Could this expand the number of servos (or H-bridges) controlled?