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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...
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Lawnbot Build

Lawnbot Build

Hi All I have begun to gather all the bits needed to build a Lawnbot 400 as published in Make magazine. I am looking for wheel or drive motors. I think the raring needs to be 200- 400 W. I have...
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Brookstone

Brookstone is having a clearance of remaining Ezrobot part's. Add to shopping cart not working correct (3 day's ago I told them and still not fixed), mouse over the item picture and use "Quick View" then add to shopping cart. Posting here not to stop Dj from earning income more a posting to his loyal followers at a chance to save a few...
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ARC Stopped Working

ARC Stopped Working

I've got the latest ARC and i'm working with windows 8.1. After adding the MYO plug-in or the monitor plug in, the system suddely stops working. Al the other works just fine...
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Mqtt Client Plugin Bug (Minor)

The MQTT client plugin has a small bug. When configuring the plugin for the first time "Var" is prefixed to the variables it creates, including the $MQTTClientStatus variable converting it to $VarMQTTClientStatus. Upon re-entering the plugin config, adding another subscription name with associated variable and script, saving and then...