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Servo Jumping Around On Low Power / Power Dips

After lots of testing with servos, I have noticed that when the ezbv4 experiences a power dip when the battery is getting lower (Not too low - around the 7v mark with a lipo 7.4, 1300) the servos seem to reset themselves and search for their mid position. I should really get a better battery. However, found a solution to at least get slightly...
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How Can You Add Google Inquiry?

I was wondering if you could add a feature like Google Assistant to ARC so that you could ask your robot any google facts, make schedules, etc. The only thing I can think of to do is just buy a Google Home, install it on the robot, and try to match the voice. I am very new to this and apologize if this sounds basic. Thanks!
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Question With Initialization Of Jd Robot Servo Are Not All Present

Question With Initialization Of Jd Robot Servo Are Not All Present

Hello, I received my jd ez-robot yesterday, this morning I rode the robot according to...
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Noisy Motors For Roli

Hi all just got a question as to a quieter motor for the Roli. My Roli will be running around the house a lot and I was wondering if anyone has swapped out the stock ones for quiter ones. These motors work great for the money but you can hear them over a ACDC concert. Dont mind spending the money on quieter ones I just want to get the right ones...
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Windows Sdk

Hello, Season's greetings! I recently bought an Ez Robot (Six) and enjoy it very much. I downloaded the Windows SDK and started a communication program for this robot: all is well at this point except this: What event is raised when the connection is completed? I tried without succes: Private Sub UcezB_Connect1_OnConnection() Handles...
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Has Anyone Simulated The Jd Humanoid Robot In V-Rep?

Hi all! Just Joined the community on 10DEC2016Sa and purchased a JD Humanoid Kit. I'm experienced in software design and programming. Has anyone here tried to simulate the JD Humanoid(JDH) in the V-REP simulator? The reasons for simulating JDH are to experiment with various algorithms without damaging the real robot and also validate and verify...
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The First Calibrate Is To Fast And Strong

The First Calibrate Is To Fast And Strong

Hi @all. I have a little problem. I use the servospeeds reduced. But when i activate my robot, comes the calibrate. The speed is so high...
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Six Keeps Burning Out Lever Servo Motors

I have a Revolution Six that I have used for one of my robotics classes the past two years. Last year, Six worked fine. This year, for some reason, it is burning out lever servo motors. I have gone through 5 already this year on the same robot. The burnouts occur on different ports, and happen at different times. I asked my students what they were...
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Speed Servo's When Connecting In ARC

is it possible to ad D7 and D4 jd robot in the init script to slow down when , puch the connect button ?
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Servo Speeds

What servo speeds are normally used for JD? Where and how are they adjusted? Thx
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Compassforward()

Compassforward()

Hi Dj, Way back when, there was a command, CompassForward(). Can it come back or do I have to build a script? I want to have my AdventureBot track to a heading. Thanks, Ron
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Error Downloading From Ez-Cloud: Could Not Find A Part Of The Path 'C:\Users\Pub

Error Downloading From Ez-Cloud: Could Not Find A Part Of The Path 'C:\Users\Pub

Hi, I have this message when i want to open a JD project:...