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Flip Flops

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Robot building comfort is the name of the game. These personalized flip flops add some character to your robot building...
Sabertooth Movement Panel by Dimension Engineering
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By Dimension Engineering

Sabertooth Movement Panel

This control supports the Sabertooth H-Bridge Motor Driver as a movement panel with variable speed in Simplified Serial mode.

My Frankenbot - Robosapien, Hearoid, Ottobot Head by sfoy
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By sfoy

My Frankenbot - Robosapien, Hearoid, Ottobot Head

IN progress... I am using a hearoid omni bot base. - The base will house: need some new treads if anyone has any ideas of where to get. mini...

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Open API Stopped Working

A set up of the robot skill OpenAI chat bot that used to work has stopped working with the error message Error processing the request. Do you have a valid API key in the configuration menu?. The settings in the configuration menu have not changed since the skills lasted worked which was on November 20th 2023. I have checked the OpenAI website and I...
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Add Custom Python Modules No Module Named

The module installed with pip install in Python cannot be found in ARC. ex. No module named speech_recognition how to pip install?
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Powering Mini/Micro PC With Lipo

Powering Mini/Micro PC With Lipo

Hello, Does anyone power there mini pc with a lipo? Example would be a Beelink computer.  If using lipo, what voltage do you have? Thank you
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Wheeler Chair Robot

Wheeler Chair Robot

I saw that last year somebody had built a wheel chair robot?. My idea for the new Robot will be as a stage mascot that can also pretend to play the drums on stage. My brother has a...
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Is There Anyway To Control A Dc Motor Like A Servo?

Is There Anyway To Control A Dc Motor Like A Servo?

Is there anyway to control a dc motor like a servo with position feedback using ACR an Arduino?
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Servo Control

How do I reset all servos and calibrate each servo? I am performing the initial JD Humanoid Robot assembly, and after the assembly, I connected JD to WiFi and then started on the Servo setup. I had to stop the process because one of the arms was not in the correct orientation when attached. Can I restart the servo calibration positions?
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Speech Recognition - Language Issue

Speech Recognition - Language Issue

Hello everyone, Ive recently been experimenting with different languages for my robot. English and Mandarin are working fine and amazing, but Im...
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How To Write The EZ-Command In Python

Hi, Can I know, how to write the (Speech Recognition, PauseOff) command in python? Thanks in advance!
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Invert Direction With A Script

What is the script to Invert direction pragmatically for V1 and have it change the checkbox in Setting for the V1 port at the same time?
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How To Create Robot Skills?

Using an external API to generate Speech-to-Text (STT) as a robot skill. I dont know how to create an external skill even if I click on Create External Skill. I want to input code to fetch data from an external API and apply it to the robot. How do I apply an external API to the robot by entering code?
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4 Pin Ultrasonic Sensor Iotiny

Hello can you use a 4 pin ultrasonic  sensor, like the SR-04, with the iotiny and if so how would it wire up? Im guessing it would use 2 digital ports on the iotiny. Thank you
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How To Write The Audio.Say In Python

How to write the code in Python for audio.say to instead print(text)? import time import random def SayWait(text, wait_time): print(text) time.sleep(wait_time) # Story 1 def story1(): SayWait(Once upon a time, there was a dear little girl..., 1) # Story 2 def story2(): SayWait(What a tender young creature., 1) # Randomly choose a story chosen_story...