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My robot story For many years ( more than I would like to remember) I have been a programmer. I have carried out research into many areas of...

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Robotics Project Help And Suggestions

Hello, I’m new to robotics and have been dreaming of building a robot since I was a kid. However, I didnt expect it to be so complex! I have some basic electronics knowledge and tools, including a multimeter and a basic oscilloscope. My current project involves a tracked robot chassis powered by two 12V Hall effect motors. I also have two R6DOF...
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Connecting EZ-Robot To Stepper Motor

Hi, I am a complete novice. I am trying to connect my EZ-Robot to a stepper motor using a DM556 Stepper Motor Controller. I am not sure how to connect this controller to my EZ-Robot. Can someone please help me with this setup?
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Windows 11 TTS With ARC

Can ARC utilize the Windows 11 Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine in conjunction with ChatGPT, instead of the other TTS skills provided within ARC? This would allow users who are implementing projects on Windows 11 Single Board Computers (SBCs) to take advantage of the onboard TTS capabilities built into the Windows operating system.
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Auto-Start Script On Iotiny

, is there a way to have a script on the IoTiny start automatically as soon as its powered on ? i have a prototype of a small robotic arm, one camera, 2 servos connected to an iotiny, works fine. The idea is, the arm should move as soon as the iotiny is powered on. As far as i understand a project must be loaded and then a script will be executed....
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Connection Control Button Color Change For Lost USB Connections

Hello,  In my ARC project I connect three EZBs mounted on my robot directly to the computer through USB, not WIFI. Recently while working through connection issues with one of my USB connections I noticed in the ARC Connection Control that if I lost that troubled connection its button would stay green. This would indicate its still connected...
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Display Issue With 4K Monitor

Display Issue With 4K Monitor

When I load my project into ARC version 2025.6.12.0, Ive observed a display issue in the main window where the right arrow appears to be cut off. Additionally,...
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Seeking Complete Python API Document

Im in the process of refactoring my EZ-Script code to Python for my R2-D2 project. I have numerous scripts in use, but the good news is that I can refactor them gradually-allowing some parts to continue using the old scripting while introducing Python code to others. This incremental approach is quite beneficial! For this extensive task, I aim to...
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Reverting ARC Update Issues

Reverting ARC Update Issues

After installing the latest ARC update, version 2025.06.12.00, Im encountering issues with some of my scripts that previously worked. Here are a couple of the error...
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Choosing EZ-Script Or Python Sleep?

Should I use the sleep(timeMs) EZ-Script API command in Synthiam ARC, or is it better to use the standard Python sleep function, such as import time; time.sleep(0.05)? I have been programming using the time.sleep() function, which is standard practice in Python for introducing delays in scripts. However, I recently noticed the sleep(timeMs) command...
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Using A Vacuum As A Robot Base

Using A Vacuum As A Robot Base

With the advancements in technology, I believe its time to revisit the discussion about creating a robot vacuum base. I recently purchased a Roborock Qrevo...
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Spin Master Bb-8

Spin Master Bb-8

Has anyone seen this BB-8...I believe it is new. I think this would be an interesting project to convert to ARC. Head and body are independent, it would be cool to have a camera in head...
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How To Use ARC In Others PC

I want to switch my account to others computer and where to download the software for existing user? thanks for advanced!