Robot Building Questions

Just Published My First Wheel Tutorial

Hey guys, first one is up! Next, I'm doing one using more advanced tools, mainly a router. This one will probably take me a few days too. Let me know if you think this is useful, or I need to clarify anything. I didn't get to do any action shots because I work by myself while the wife is at school.

Roboclaw, Packet Serial Mode With Crc/ How To Execute Cyclic Script In Moble App

Hi, 1. did anybody already implement the Packet Serial Mode with CRC into EZB script? before I start to translate...........maybe someone did already the work ;-) roboclaw manual: CRC16 Checksum Calculation Roboclaw uses a CRC(Cyclic Redundancy Check) to validate each packet it receives. This is more complex than a simple checksum but prevents...

New Member With Wheel Building Question

Hey folks! Used to try to build bots when I was a kid. I had a few successes, but mostly kludged up messes. Anyway, my wife bought me a few books because I am now disabled and can't work anymore. Hips and back are degenerating. I am building a mix of a bot from a few different books, and some of the parts I want to make myself. I want to build the...

Controlling I-Robot Create 2 With ARC Roomba Movement Panel?

I disconnected the servo from D0 on my Adventure Bot and connected GND on D0 (Black Pins) to Pin 6 on Create 2 connector (GND)-(Pin 7 also a GND pin on Roomba). I connected D0 Output (White Pins) to pin 3 on Roomba (Receive Pin). The Create 2 communicates at 115K Baud as does the newer Roombas. I tried checking the "use old protocol" and...

ARC Client Connection Question

Hi, I'm having trouble talking to my JD in client mode. When I power him up he says "connected to network" When I connect through my browser I can connect and the buttons work When I connect in ARC I get "Attempting connection on 192.168.0.10:23 Connected to 192.168.0.10:23 Reports EZB v4 OS With Comm 1 EZ-B v4 ID:...

Omnibot 2000 Tires

My Omnibot 2000's tires are completely gone, I don't even have any to make a mold of, does any one here have any I could purchase? Or know of where I can replace or buy them? They don't have to be the stock tires, just something that will work and hold on to the wheel. Thanks.

Omnibot 2000 Wheel Tread.

I was wondering who can make me some tread for my omnibot 2000 drive train, I need tread for a 4 wheels. Another question is, what other wheels would fit, if I wanted to swap the wheels out?

How To Stop A Moving Servo

I'm learning how to use EZB scripts. I'm doing a very simple exercise. I make a servo move , and want it to stop it as soon as a sensor makes a digital input high. I'd want to see how long it takes to actually stop. I use "release" to stop it (it's a digital servo, it will keep its position even with no signal). I see no other script...