There are a Gazillion Tutorials on this website. If you watch them all, by the time you are through, you will have many many ideas on how to use the kit. It is truly an EZ-Product.

good Luck!

Thank you Starting that process now LOL!!

Imagination is your virtue...

You could combine all your toys using several tools to make it into one heck of a toy!

You mentioned that you are a graphics designer.

I am sure you imagination is more wilder then the rest of us.

You can either build something from scratch (Which i find it more fun and original)

or

You can hack a toy by adding servos and lights and even speakers (DJ Sures' Wall-E)

With the EZ-B Board, your chances of getting a cool robots are limitless.

I started off with a basic robot with the kits i received just to test out the mechanism.

I moved along with a tracked Robot with Arms just to see how fun it is (Too bad, i destroyed it due to lack of knowledge)

Then i worked on my Quadruped (I love this robot)

and now i am working on a custom made Biped(from scratch).

Go watch a lot of YouTube videos about robots.

Your inspirations will grown when you see some robots.

DJ Sures has put in a lot of effort on the programming side that even a noob like me can make a

professional movements with my Quadruped with just a single line commands.

Usually this kind of movements will take expert or professional programmers to calculate a lot of

algorithms and maths to get a precise movements. All i did was re-enact the movements from

the slider servo movement panels to get the movements and just scripted it accordingly.

You do not need to know any Programming language

oh by the way,

Welcome to the Family!

Thank you so much. My problem is my imagination is way out of control and in no way match any abilities I may have. But if you can do it, and now are making a bi-ped, all with no prior knowledge. WOW!! Now I am very inspired! ... and thank you!

Welcome to the forum! The possibilities are endless. Remember this...."Skill is merely focus. When focus is achieved, you need only release it" Quote from a movie I saw along time ago.

You will find lots of help here. Looking forward to follow your adventure.

Rex

Thank you

Hello Helz, welcome to the place where your imagination can transform into hours of fun ,frustration and who knows, possibly the ultimate robot. My tip is do not restrict yourself to toys or size - robots can be made out of anything. Have a look at Bob - and good luck.

click the button at the top of this page that says "Robots". It will give you a few examples of what some of us have came up with.

Lots of Luck!!

:-)

Hello Helena,

There are a few noobs on here. Myself being one of them. I came about this site pretty much the same way you did. If you are not much of a programmer than the EZ-Robot system is perfect for you. I am a bookkeeper/assistant by profession and I am now on my second robot.

You can create your own, which I did my first one. I made a Minion from the Despicable Me movie. I figured out that my design would not let me accomplish what I wanted so I am making another.

You can take a toy and turn it into a robot or make your own. The possibilities are really endless.

One of the best things is there is a really great community here and so many helpful people.

Take some time and look over the Project Showcase for ideas.

Samantha

WOW. what a fabulous community! Thank you all very much, you are all very inspiring and generous. I see I am going to be spending a lot of time catching up with all your projects before putting pen to paper to design my first bot. (That sounds so cool doesn't it?)

Helena,

I would be a good idea to look around. By the way... do you happen to be female?

Samantha

Yep. Me girl.

Woo hoo... Another girl. BTW we are the only 2....

WHAT? How strange. You would think that girls would get into something this fun! Well Samantha, now I am very happy to meet you! Tired of being the only girl that does interesting things.

Yeah I figured there's at least be a few girls. But no, they even called me Smurfette of EZ-Forum. Hahahhaa....

Well I believe (no offense guys) that when women get into robotics full force (I know there are a few), we will bring a new life to it.

Well if you want, you can email me samantha.foy@gmail.com, I'd be happy to chat with you about your ideas. I am a handy/crafty type.

Here are my projects:

Minion

and

unnamed

Thank you! Already have ideas! And I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw your robospapien mounted on something else (I have a bid on ebay for one - and I thought it would be a good body on top of a tank or rc crawler - so that it can zoom around...) So I am REALLY interested in Unnamed. Emailing you now. cheers Helena

Oh yeah he's gonna be my dude. I can't wait. I am getting close, have been waiting for my batteries which came today but I missed them. Ugh...

He is AWESOME. But yeah... he needs a name!

OK, first noob stupid question... Can I make a hive mind type bot? E.g. A fast moving carrier bot, with little bots (obviously limited to the size of spare controllers) inside that come out and each can do different things. I saw that you can control up to 5 bots with one gizmo - but can you set them for different functions? Or am I just getting so far ahead of myself that I should pull my head in?

And as this is bluetooth, how can I extend the range - in case I get UBER ambitious and use a large RC helicopter instead? How do I marry my RC controller with the bot controller? Cars are only 2 or 3 channel, but a copter can be up to 5... Or in this case would I have to pre-program functions into the little bots so that a controller is unnecessary?

Just thinking that if this is doable that I need to order more controllers and start setting up one of the rcs and also pulling apart toys that will fit in it.

Ok, I will go back in my box now.

ARC allows for use with 5 EZ-B controllers, one application for five devices. If you plan on using all 5 devices while running ARC just take note that you may need a lot of processing power from your computer to keep the devices running properly. The bluetooth is speced for 30ft and there are plenty of forum posts about exchanging it with a better ranged communication device. Most go with Xbee as the replacement and I know there is a post on the forum that goes into great length of how to replace and what devices you need to do such. Forum Thread posted Here. As for remote control I know you can use the xbox controller and wii remote interfaced with the EZ-B, this will take extra hardware to alllow for the remotes to communicate with your PC. However, DJ does not have anything in ARC to use RC remotes with various channels, not to say you couldn't look into programming your own application using the varous languages acceptable with the EZ-B.dll file thats available.

Helena,

Another problem I see with trying to control multiple bots with the same ez-b is that, for example the servo must be connected to the ez-b via a wire.

Now the bluetooth doesn't go very far, I'd say mine wouldn't even got 10 feet without loosing connection. That's why in unnamed he will have his own computer.

helena if you need any free help on robot designs or electronic designs ,i can do electrical engineer for over 20 years and building robots much longer most design here are too easy for me ,but a lot of fun so should be able to make some great robots and have fun doing it fred

Thank you all! And thank you Robotmaker! You people are awesome. I have to say this is the first place I have come to, knowing nothing and having nothing but grandiose ideas that no one pooh poohs me for them but instead suggest how to go about it. You people can teach other forums a thing or two.

Ok, so I have to look into XBee and going wireless to replace the bluetooth and wires from servo to EZ-B. I am going to make a whole lot of drawings etc. And then robotmaker I will take you up on your offer!

Samantha that is a good idea, it wouldn't be that hard to cobble together a little computer together from the squillions I have lying around in pieces - though now I am thinking that the first bot I make will have to be quite large (so we go back to weight / power / control)....

I am going to be quiet for a while while I think about this. Thank you all again.

Thank you! That is awesome information. I am going to get on it!

Has anyone seen this? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1757054094/xbee-handheld-controller?ref=category

http://kck.st/MWlN5c

kickstarter is where i got my mind control software from to control and move robots by you mind using EPOC EEG headset

from at XBEE style joystick controller it going to be high price just to back it and get one with payment is $179,so when ready to sell as a kit will be close to $250 to $300 i think

also on the software for the mind controller i back it for $25 pledge ,so may be $50 or under,and its ready to buy ,its called ROBODANCE 5,it also controls many robots already and more get added

Helena,

See this thread for info on Xbee. I bought the parts but have not had time to try it yet.

synthiam.com/Community/Questions/781

hey helina when you make your first bot you should post it on here i would be so happy to see the robots you make

thanks guys.