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Control Command, Resume

I am having difficulty with Command Control Resume. Can someone please provide an example in blockly how it could be used? I seem to be using START, STOP, WAIT correctly but if you have any additional info on these also I would very much appreciate it. Thanks!
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Im Getting Published Online And A Magazine Article   Watchdog Security Robot

Im Getting Published Online And A Magazine Article Watchdog Security Robot

I had Magpi contact me interested in publishing an article in...
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Control Over Internet?

I am very interested in making a "virtual presence" bot, which I can log into and drive around my work or home for security, checking if I left the stove on, or what the cats are up to. Basically this would be: A large bot, wheeled or tracked Camera articulated arm mic and speakers for bi-directional audio communications hi-power wifi...
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Luva Beau Animated Doll

Luva Beau Animated Doll

A buddy of mine picked up the Toys R Us and Walmart exclusive Luvabeau animated baby doll. Okay, don't laugh because I know what you are saying. What is a grown man doing...
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Jarvis Hacked Omnibot 2000 W Pc ,Ezb & Vacuum Inside By Josh Starnes

Jarvis Hacked Omnibot 2000 W Pc ,Ezb & Vacuum Inside By Josh Starnes

Jarvis is a project inspired in part by Jarvis the AI that belongs to Tony Stark in...
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Sayezb Does Not Work With Surface Pro

Hi DJ, I changed my platform to Microsoft surface pro recently. I don't know why the sayezb script does not work with ez-b. Even updated and re-install! And I have already doubled checked within that forum, but I found nothing to mention about this! Do you have any ideas be able to solve this issue? Thanks a lot B. Regards Ricky Ma
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Ezb4- How To Extend The Servo Ports

Ezb4- How To Extend The Servo Ports

Hi DJ, Would you help to answer my question as below : 1. I'm making a robotic but it has over 23 servo ports. Is it need to buy one more EZB4 to...
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Aimlbot

@DJ, with the AimlBot PlugIn to load our own AIML files how do we do that? Because the current "aiml" folder in the plugin has specifically named files I was curious if I can clean those out and put in my own aiml files or do the files names need to stay the same?
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3Ds Max To ARC To Stepper Driver(S) To Nema 17S

Alright, kind of a tall order but here is where I am at and would love some help or points in the right direction from the community. I'm building a machine with crazy unusual kinematics. I have 4 typical G9 tower micro servos and 13 separate nema 17's. Due to the nature of the machine, they had to be steppers ( which is unfortunately where the...
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Right Ankle Servo Calibration

Right Ankle Servo Calibration

I am just working with the JD Humanoid for the first time today, I am able to connect the robot with my computer. Through the process of calibrating the servos,...
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Using Bing Speech Recognition With ARC Speech Recognition Control

Using Bing Speech Recognition With ARC Speech Recognition Control

I've been having a fun evening trying out the cognitive service plugins this evening for...
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Telepresence Robot Idea

Telepresence Robot Idea

I would like to have my robot be controlled over internet with a Vr type Headset. Like one that you set the phone inside. I would tie the headset phone motions to the...