rbonari
Hello,
I assembled the Adventure Robot and have it working with the RGB Animation Display and the Ultrasonic Sensor. All seems to be working for the most part but I have a few questions and concerns:
The camera has a green LED showing on the lower right inside case of the camera. Don't remember seeing this in any of the videos. Is this normal?
In the camera settings, the only resolution available was 320X240. Does this have to do with my laptop or am I missing something?
I tried going into the media settings for the camera to select different codecs and frame rates etc., and selected change and saved the settings but no changes were noticed with the video.
Sometimes the robot would make random movements with the servos without me actually controlling them. Sometimes the servos would make small step motions and sometimes longer duration motions and in random directions. I had speech recognition enabled so I put it on pause and things seemed to work o.k. Could the speech recognition being enabled all the time cause these random movements and if not what other issues could cause these random movements. Battery temp and voltage are o.k. as I charged the batteries before using. I have a strong good WIFI Connection.
In the mobile app for the Adventure bot all works o.k. but when I select stop the robot instead moves left continuously. Has anybody seen this before. Seems like maybe a good opportunity for me to learn from this and try and correct it by modifying the script?
I noticed when operating on the rug (not shag) that the tail behind the Adventure Robot would hang up on the rug and prevent proper movement. Was thinking that some kind of EZ-Bit that is in the form of a little caster wheel would solve this issue but I am not experienced with CAD Programs and don't have a 3D Printer. Maybe this is something that EZ-Robots can work on as a future EZ-Bit as it could be used in a lot of future creations that use a three wheel type of a platform and would work better on rugs. On wood floors and linoleum it isn't an issue. Another thing I thought of doing is putting wide rubber bands around the wheels for a bit better traction
I will be doing a STEM demonstration of my Heathkit Hero Robots and I will also be showing off the EZ-Robot Products that I have. The hardware and software is way awesome. I have been able to get speech recognition working pretty much flawlessly and all the other hardware is working good with just a few issues with the intermittent random servo movements and some camera setup issues that I am sure can be resolved.
Thanks for an awesome product at a great price. I now have the bug !
Sounds great and thanks for all your help and quick as lightning responses. I'm quite happy with your products and your service ! Best around ! Rick
Hello,
Just wondering if it is possible to readout the temperature of the battery in degrees farenhite instead of degrees celcius? Would this require a change of the software for this function or control? Thanks for your help ! Rick B.
This plugin displays the temperature in Fahrenheit. https://synthiam.com/redirect/legacy?table=plugin&id=82
Alan
There is no way to read the temperature of the battery. The battery does not have a temperature sensor. The temperature that you see is for the ezb. The ezb returns the temperature and voltage of itself, not the battery.
The battery is not smart and does not contain electronics. The battery is a power source which provides electrical current for the ezb.
If you are using the Windows PC version of ARC, there are question marks on each control. Pressing the question mark for the ezb info control or viewing the respective manual page in the learn section will explain in further detail. Here is a direct link: https://synthiam.com/Tutorials/Help.aspx?id=200
If you are using the mobile app or wish to perform your own calculation, simply multiple the value. You can use simple math to convert from Celsius.
Using Google, I found this fun math exercise to help: https://www.mathsisfun.com/temperature-conversion.html
As @thetechguru said, use the plugin. And the temperature is for the ez-bs CPU, not the battery. The voltage is for the battery. Just wanted to clarify.
Thanks much Alan and DJ ! Very helpful and fast responses. I know how to convert celcius to fahrenheit but was interested in learning how to modify existing plug-in code or write my own plugins. Seemed the EZB processor temperature would be a good one to start with. Any guidance on where to start with this would be much appreciated. Is there a way to view the actual code for the voltage and temp plugin and the other plugins and controls? Thanks Again !
Is there a way to view the actual code for the plugins/controls? Thanks much ! Rick B.
Only if it's published open source. I don't think the plugin that you were directed to the author didn't publish open source.
But you don't need to edit a plugin anyway. Just use ezscript. ARC has a full scripting language that you learned about in the activity course of the learn page.
The question is, are you wanting this for mobile or PC?