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Omnibot Head Rotation

Hi Guys, I noticed many you guys have been able to mod the omnibot head and attach a servo to it and it looks great. I am having a real painful time getting this right. I've cut the taps off the head inserted a servo but the balance of the head is off and it's pretty much useless with the dome on (burned a servo already). I was wondering before I...
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Scripting

Ok, I'm stumped. I have tried to do this myself for 3 days, time for help. Is there any reason why a script that works in Windows 7 not work on Windows 10? Below is a script (Credit to Luis Vazquez who wrote this years back, I only added to it) that I can not get to run on my new Windows 10 computer. It is the exact same script on both machines. I...
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Use A Joystick/ Gamepad With Sabertooth Simple Serial

Use A Joystick/ Gamepad With Sabertooth Simple Serial

Hey guys, is this possible, i was playing with it last night and looked like you could only control it that was if...
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Camera Image On Mobile App Not Displaying Correctly

Camera Image On Mobile App Not Displaying Correctly

Hey guys. I need a little help with the camera display on the mobile app. Have a look at the screen grab below... As...
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Fire The Freaking Laserpings

Fire The Freaking Laserpings

Parallax made a drop in replacement for their PING units. Actual drop in replacements with no code changes for "their" PING module. I'm going to see if...
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Sound Sensor

Sound Sensor

to use the sound sensor script here .i have sensors with 2 pins,will this work? i think its only a litlle mic or speaker from robosapien v2.
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12V 50/200/260Rpm Gw370 Reversible High Torque Turbo Worm Geared Dc Motor

12V 50/200/260Rpm Gw370 Reversible High Torque Turbo Worm Geared Dc Motor

I am working on my Omnibot 2000 and am thinking out of simplicity swapping...
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Running My Robot Project Though The Ez Mono On Pi 3

hi there im hoping for a bit of technical support with my human sized robottics project. A> i have managed to work out the power issue my ez-b ver4 but once ive built my droid's power plant which i still insist on on being charger harness linked solar powered sealed lead acid array of a range between 6-14v with at least 22 amps max entering the...
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Using Substring With An Array

Using Substring With An Array

Again I cannot see what I am doing wrong. Is this another bug or am I using the array incorrectly? This works DefineArray($TestArray,2) $SearchString =...
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Email Notices And Updating Email Address

I've noticed I've stopped getting email saying there is a new post in a thread I've posted in or started. Has that service stopped? Also I don't see a way to update my email address if I get a new one. How do I do that? confused
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Motor Controllers

Motor Controllers

I am working on two robot projects that I will be integrating my EZ B 4/2 into. I have a question that I hope someone can answer or point me in the right direction. Please forgive me if...
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Cant Log Into Forum With Old Username And Password

I know this is a duplicate post and expect to get reprimanded. However that other post has gone unnoticed by EZ Robot for almost a week now. I thought if I started a "Need Assantice" thread I would be noticed. There is something definitely wrong with my old account I can't fix. Now I cant even log in with my old username and password. I...