Welcome to the wonderful world of EZ Robots :)

Check out the Project Showcase section on the forum. There are a bunch of Wall-Es in there all with a lot of photos and explanations of how to cram everything in to it.

Welcome! Your in for a fun trip! Do a search on Wall-E on this forum and you will find a ton of info and ways of building this little guy.

yeah i have looked at most of them over the last couple of days. i have spent hours on this site for about four days now. once i get an idea in my head i can never seem to turn it off. i have read some of your programing posts rich and just a heads up i may need a little nudge in the right direction when i get to that point. also i was wondering about how you gained that knowledge. do you have a history in programming or did you just start from scratch with this software. and how hard is it to get to that level of understanding. i only ask because while i am usually a very quick study i know nothing about programming.

Put it this way, I discovered ARC 4 months ago, I started using it 3 months ago and probably first started with EZ-Script around 2 to 2.5 months ago. It's not difficult to pick up.

I do have some history in programming, I've touched on everything from assembly code to HTML and spent too much time programming my Spectrum 48k in my youth When it comes down to it they are all the same it's just the commands that differ. If you think about it logically you can work out the code needed. And ARC puts the EZ-Script manual in the dialogue for EZ-Script complete with a search option and a click and paste ControlCommand() feature.

It's as it says, EZ. :)

My Introduction to Scripting, while it has gone down a path of improving some code to function and provide a useful script the intention was, and will remain to explain the methods I use to work out how to make it do what I want it to do.

I'm pretty much always on here so if there is something you get stuck with just throw up a new topic and ask, there are a bunch of others here who happily help too so you wont be alone in tackling that part of the build :).

thanks, and i agree. i read several posts on this forum and saw how helpful everyone is and that accompanied with the seemingly simple to use software is the only two reasons i chose to use the product. sufficeth to say i am extremely optimistic. and i will revisit your intro to scripting a few times when i get there. i think i can manage the basics with that to help me. just like you said thought there may be something that eludes me at some point and i may have to reach out for help. just good to know there is a group of people like this out there when i need it. hopefully at some point in the near future i will be able to contribute as well.

@Jdawg, welcome Rich is our EZ-Script guru for sure! Also remember that you won't need to drive into any programming right away. There are so many pre-built controls to keep you entertained while you learn the ARC system. I rarely write code in ARC anymore Click click click click and get my robot doing what I want :D

I think you'll have a lot of fun here!

Thanks, DJ i'm lookin forward to it. i just found out how expensive the Wall-e is. May have to reconsider that idea. Still not sure what my first project should be any ideas on an easy starter that would encompass most of the available capabilities of the kit.

Such an honour being named a guru by the very man who created EZ-Script :)

The EZ Box Bot is a fun little project to make, and I can only imagine a 5 year old would have so much fun decorating it... you could even make your own Wall-E out of an old box, after all he is just a yellow box with some wheels and eyes Most of the fun comes from building the robot too (although so do most of the headaches).

The Wall-E has shot right up in price recently, I'm glad I picked mine up a while ago. Some are still showing up for a good price although I did see someone on here resorted to winning one on ebay from the UK and shipping it to Canada or the USA and it still worked out cheaper.