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Ez Robot Developer Kit

Hi, I have the developer kit. I put the 6 AA batteries into the pack, connected the wires to the barrel jack, plugged it into the Ev4 and nothing. No light no sound. Batteries are brand new. I double checked the connectors in the plug and they are tight.

Any ideas why this would not work?

Also, I see in the documentation that it is recommended to have the 7,.4 v lipo pack. Why is that not included? I have made two orders from Canada and no one has recommended that. Now I have to make a third order for a $10 battery and pay and additional $10 in shipping? Come on guys.....


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#9  

Hi, Yes, I've watched 46 of those lessons so far. These are not all specific to the kit, so for a new person it can be a little confusing. Also as I evaluate this product and platform for class use, 46 + videos is a lot for students to set through.

The tutorial I'm referring to are these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSA_IRnNan4
Ez-BoxBot by DJ Shures. This is a perfect little project for a beginner with this kit. But stopped short of delivering all that it said it would do. Either I can't find tutorial 4 or it just ended there. But when the videos start, they give an overview of what it will cover. So it seems there is info missing.

thanks

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Synthiam
#10  

That was an old video - good find:D

I'll think of something for a future The Robot Program series to make an updated boxbot. Generally, the developer kit is for developers:). For classroom use, our sales department would recommend AdventureBot, Six or JD. There are educational bundles on the store to learn more. Contact Us with questions to speak with someone who represents education.

#11  

Thanks, I'm looking at this kit because I want the kids to "invent" more. I'm taking more of a STEAM approach to the curriculum. There are lots of robots out there Dash/Dot, VEX, Lego. But I think the potential for this kit has more "craft and inventive" appeal which also appeals more to girls.

I love the boxbot. Please give that some consideration and include the steps all the way to driving it with an ipad or phone. Let the children give their bots their own personality. Ipads and chrome books are what schools have invested in.

Thanks so much, Keri

#12  

Hi I have a new question but the form w ont let me start a new field from my phone so posting here. Hopefully someone will see ir. I'm away from my computer . I connected ev4 to network and to the builder software. Connected 360 servos to d12 and d13. Added the same in project details but the servos do not respond in the continuous motion control. I've tripped checked connections. Does anyone have any ideas what else it could be? One thing I noticed is the option to control multiple servos is not in my version of builder. Its in the 90 degree control but not in continous motion controller.

I would like to build the boxbot. Buts it's example files are no longer in Builder either. Thanks

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#13  

Hi @kd208,

If you click on the small gear icon on the upper left of the "Continuous servo movement panel" have you selected port D12 and D13 for your Left and Right servos?

#15  

@kd208, BoxBot example are in the latest ARC still, they are still under Examples and Legacy Robots.

I will say one thing that is different in the Legacy example is that both the Connect and the Camera are by default NOT set to find my wifi EZB4 but instead Connect is set to try to use my serial port and Camera is set to try to use to my USB camera. - The reason is BoxBot was a Legacy robot when the EZBv3 (and Bluetooth connection) was the standard.

So if you did not manually switch those from the default in the example you will want.