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Dj's Autominous Omnibot

Anybody tell me where to find code etc for DJ's Omnibot. Checked out his great videos and plan to convert one.
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Ultrasonic Sensor Reads 255 Constantly

Ultrasonic Sensor Reads 255 Constantly

I've been trying to use an ultrasonic sensor to use on my JD robot but the output is constantly 255 regardless if there is something in front of...
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Lessons

Hello all! First let me say I find this to be a great product and it's apparent EZ has worked hard to make this as easy as possible. Thanks for your great work and all who contribute! That being said it's also apparent I am just not smart enough to finish the setup process with the lessons/tutorials that are available. I have built a JD with hips...
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Speed For Camera Servo- Tracking

Another question. When trying to get the most out of the camera tracker, I've always struggled with how its moving the servos if i choose grid option. 1) The servo speed seems set to (slow?) on increment 1 2) If I change the incremental steps I can make the servo speed faster at the cost of what seems larger degrees of movement?! 3) I'm trying to...
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Gooooooooogle

Gooooooooogle

Eureka! Google speech recognition added oh happy day.
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Wheel Speed

Hey I hope you can make the wheels move at least 280rpm becaus I was hoping to make my robot move faster than 180rpm and doesn't that seem slow?
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Ttl Serial Hook Up Question

Quick question. I'm setting up the serial to computer The usb ttl converter has a jumper for 5 and 3.3 v just want to make sure that 3.3v is the choice so no blue smoke or other disasters ! Or does it matter since i, not using vcc? Edit_ works great, connected to the computer via USB...yay
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Searching Plugin For Kinect 2.0

Searching Plugin For Kinect 2.0

Hi, Im searching a way to use the Microsoft Kinect 2.0 for my Robot ( InMoov ). Is here everyone who has written a Plugin ( Beta-Status/ Source is ok )? Best...
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Revolution: Jd Not Charging

I have viewed the related tutorials with no luck on how to correct this issue. I've just assembled 5 brand new, Revolution: JD robots. I attempted to charge them all yesterday. All of the Link-Man chargers lit up, except on one of the robots. At first I thought it may have been a damaged charger, but when I connected the other chargers to that one...
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ARC On An Asus Slate Running Windows 10. Unable To Delete Slider Control

ARC On An Asus Slate Running Windows 10. Unable To Delete Slider Control

I am no sure if this i bug or I have something set wrong. I have three...
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Shipping Prices

Shipping Prices

Omg! I need to buy some new parts over the next few weeks but i cant possibly justify the shipping rates. I'm assuming the parts are being shipped from a chinese manufacturer? Is there any...
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Pandorabot Not Understanding

Pandorabot Not Understanding

Hi guys, I have a JD (John Dorian) and love everything so far but I cannot get him to be as intelligent as I'd like because I'm a bit stuck. I'll explain the best I...