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Run custom scripts when speech starts/ends to sync servos and LEDs to spoken $SpeechTxt, with loop support, stop button and logs.

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Prototype Sentrybot assembled with Arduino Mega and Mini-ITX, stereo CCD cameras, digital rangefinder, GPS, wired dog-fence navigation; EZ-B pending.

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How To Connect Inmoov On Ezbv4 ?

How To Connect Inmoov On Ezbv4 ?

Hello to everyone in this forum ... First I want to thank all the contributor on EZBv4 with Inmoov ... I'm more comfortable with the French language than...
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Slower V4 Response Time

Slower V4 Response Time

Hey guys I have a question/ am curious about something. I have 3 V4 boards and 2 of them work great. One of them has a serious delay while running ARC scripts. the script...
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Roomba Connection

Roomba Connection

I recently purchased a EZ4 board and I was anxious to use it. I went through two cables (mini din to molex) both of them traced correctly but yet I got nothing when I went into ARC. The...
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Voltage Supply And Regulator Questions For Ez-B V4 Controller, Servos And Sabert

Voltage Supply And Regulator Questions For Ez-B V4 Controller, Servos And Sabert

If the Voltage input (Vin) can be between 4.5 and 16 VDC...
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Roli Rotation Servos Get Hot After A Short Period Of Time

Hello! The rotation servos on my roli robot get rather hot after a short period of time (10 - 15 minutes) when they are not moving, and make a low humming noise, jolting through the 'dance' movement, it is not one smooth motion. I just wanted to ask if this was normal, and if not, what can I do to stop this. Thanyou for your time. E11iot1
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New Products: 16-Channel 12-Bit Pwm Servo Shield & 8 Channel Infrared Detector S

Good Morning Everyone, I came across a couple pieces of hardware I am going to utilize in my R2-D2 Project. I was wondering if anyone has seen these, and if there was any scripts written with ARC for this hardware. I am going to use the Arduino DUE & UNO Hardware: FIRST: 16-Channel 12-bit PWM Servo shield I2C interface PCA9685...
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Videostream

Hi, I would like to extend the pyJD (https://github.com/BrutusTT/pyJD) project to support video streaming for the JD Humanoid Robot. Is there any way to retrieve the camera images without using the EZB software stack? The idea is to integrate the robot into an Yarp-based experiment setup. From the information on the forum I was able to control the...
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Roli Is Still Not Moving

I have taken Roli apart and took the steps for the wiring. I have connected everything together, multiple times. The fuse is fine as well. Roli's hands and head will move but Roli will not move the wheels at all. I am unsure of what to do at this point. I have taken all the steps that are requested to do within the question of why Roli isn't...
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Question With Assembly Instructions

hello, I'm having problem with the building instructions for the basic models (JD, Roli and hexapod). When I open the program, I can't see the assembly instructions. How can i fix this? Since the program never recognized what robot I'm working with, there's nothing I can program... confused tired
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Hexapod Gait Tips?

Hexapod Gait Tips?

G'day, This here is Tweaky, my little hex project. It consists of the EZ-B and some cheap POS frame. While i do have a good background in RC. I'm a noob on the programming front. So...
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Indoor Gps Coming?

Interesting article https://www.techworm.net/2016/04/mit-creates-amazingly-accurate-indoor-gps-using-wi-fi.html
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Stl Needed

Stl Needed

hi all is there anyone that can make me an stl file,the cost here in belgium to make an stl,is very high+cost material and chipping.also you dont get the stl file, companies says its there...