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MPU9150 Polling Stalls On Turtlebot3

MPU9150 Polling Stalls On Turtlebot3

Running ARC on a Windows NUC mounted to a TurtleBot3 Burger. OpenCR is on USB for drive, and I added an EZ-B v4 over Wi-Fi just to handle I2C. I...
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Dialogflow + Adventurebot Wifi Setup

Dialogflow + Adventurebot Wifi Setup

I’m trying to drive an AdventureBot using voice intents via the DialogFlow robot skill and running into networking hiccups. The Google service...
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Script AI Needs Track Mapping

Script AI Needs Track Mapping

I need a little guidance with getting the Script AI assistant to do what I need. Maybe I'm not asking correctly so it understands what I want. I've been trying a...
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Touch Path Overshoot On Sphero Turns

Touch Path Overshoot On Sphero Turns

I’m playing with a Sphero (Bluetooth to a Windows laptop) in ARC and trying to have it follow simple shapes using the Touch Path skill. The Sphero...
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Garbage Data On EZ-B UART With GPS

Garbage Data On EZ-B UART With GPS

I’m adding a small u-blox NEO-6M GPS module (TTL serial, default 9600 bps) to my EZ-Robot AdventureBot and trying to verify comms with the Serial...
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Servo Recorder Repeatability On Adventurebot

Servo Recorder Repeatability On Adventurebot

I’m trying to get a repeatable drive pattern out of an AdventureBot using the Servo Recorder skill and I’m hitting some oddities...
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Stop Interface Builder Sliders Jumping On Page Swi

Stop Interface Builder Sliders Jumping On Page Swi

I’ve got a Shell-e build on an EZB IoTiny over WiFi, with head pan on D0 and tilt on D1. I’m trying to make a clean...
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Roli LDS Lidar NMS Alignment

Roli LDS Lidar NMS Alignment

I mounted a Hitachi-LG LDS on my Roli Rover and I’m trying to feed it into ARC’s NMS for mapping with Better Navigator, but the map heading is consistently off by...
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Stepper Motor Control In ARC

Stepper Motor Control In ARC

Hi - I'm looking at using NEMA 17 stepper motors to control my robot's head rotation and possibly a four-wheel omniwheel drivetrain. I plan to control the motors...
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Target Overlay Misaligns After Flip

Target Overlay Misaligns After Flip

Running a Six Hexapod (EZ-Robot) with the EZ-B Wi-Fi camera mounted upside down under the top plate, connected over Wi-Fi to ARC on Windows. I’m using...
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ADC Graph Spikes On Mega

ADC Graph Spikes On Mega

I’m using an Arduino Mega 2560 over USB with ARC to log an analog Sharp GP2Y0A21 distance sensor on A0 while two micro servos run a pan/tilt on ARC servo ports D0 and D1...
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Feeding Rplidar Front Distance Into EZ Gauge Chart

Feeding Rplidar Front Distance Into EZ Gauge Chart

I’ve got an EZ-B IoTiny on a small 2WD rover (two CR servos on D0/D1, powered by a 2S LiPo with a 5V BEC to the IoTiny)....