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Robot Shop Servo Version

Robot Shop Servo Version

Can anyone confirm what version of the EZ Robot servos ship from the Robot Shop? I'm looking for an HHD standard servos local outlet. The shipping from China takes too long...
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Heads-Up Competition For Our Beloved Ez-Robot

Being the collector of robots that I am, I'm on more than a few mailing lists. I just got an email from the co-founder of Sphero announcing a "robot for everyone" platform: "Misty" https://www.mistyrobotics.com/ Granted, she's not a cheap date! But the sales pitch says things like "easy to program", "share your...
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Imac And ARC-Software

Hello, as far as I see, the last information given in the forum concerning the use of the ARC Software with an IMac is 6 years old. Therefore I would like to know, if meanwhile exists the possibility to use the ARC Software directly with an IMac or if this option is planned for the near future? Kind regards, Alexander
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Wondering

Wondering

My project is doing some very weird things with the speech recognition. If I post my project this evening would anyone mind taking a peek at it? Thanks. Chris
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Acknowledging Work

I've just completed a series of user studies with some of my master students, the analyses of which will be part of their theses. In the studies we used the EZ-Robot along with some plugins developed by the community, for example the Watson and Kinect plugins, made available by @ptp. I'm wondering how to acknowledge the work made available by...
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How Do I Use A Servo Control Board To Operate A Linear Actuator?

How Do I Use A Servo Control Board To Operate A Linear Actuator?

Hi All, if you are using a 12vdc linear actuator without feedback and you use a servo...
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ARC Error Message And Crash

I've tried multiple times to install ARC on a high end windows 10 machine so I can set up JD's servo profile but every time I try to load the JD project I get the following error: Error at loading of ippSP library No DLLs were found in the Waterfall procedure Then the program just crashes. lovely! How do I create servo profiles and get it onto an...
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Six Run Time On Battery Pack From Online Store

I'm designing a hexapod for my son that will have one more axis per leg than Six. A total of 18 servos. Can anyone tell me average run time for six with the standard 1400 ma battery pack from the online store. I can round up to figure out the size of pack I need. Thanks in advance.
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Reproduction Tomy Omnibot Jr/Omnibot/Omnibot 2000 Robot Tire Sets For Sale

For those who may not have read my Omni2k wheels thread, I am now offering reproduction tires for sale for the Omnibot Jr, Omnibot and Omnibot 2000 robots. Tires are sold in sets, available in a variety of colours and are available worldwide. Please checkout my ebay listing for details. Reproduction Tomy Omnibot Jr/Omnibot/Omnibot 2000 robot tire...
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Neopixel Blaster, Neopixel Bit, Rgb 8X8 Display Eta

@JD, Just wondering if there is an update on the ETA for the Neopixel Blaster, Neopixel Bit, RGB 8x8 Display or if these new hardware items have been cancelled? Will we be seeing any new hardware items released soon? Thanks much.....Rick
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Using The Oculus Rift A Osvr Hdk2 Vr

Can you use the Oculus Rift plugin for JD with another headset? In this case a OSVR HDK 2 VR.
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Ultrasonic Analog To Digital Reading Using Ez-B Iotiny

I am using Ultrasonic Sensor to interface with EzIoTiny with ADC is it possible to write the code in Pyhton language to get it functional ? EzIoTiny i need to use different sensors to interface with it Your Suggestion would be very helpful