Robot Building Questions

Upgrade to ARC Pro
Subscribe to ARC Pro, and your robot will become a canvas for your imagination, limited only by your creativity.
Synthiam Credit
Earn synthiam credit to lower synthiam product costs
Your Synthiam Credit is $0.00
Discover ways you can lower the cost of Synthiam products by contributing to the platform and community.
Earn Synthiam Credit
Exosphere
Loading...
Remote control robots or add telepresence capabilities with Exosphere
Info Add Remote telepresence to control any robot from your phone or PC
Add your robot to Exosphere
Sythiam Swag
I Make Robots Crew Socks

I Make Robots Crew Socks

Exclusive to robot builders, these are a one-size-fits-all solution up to a men's size 12. The construction is 73%...
Kondo KRS ICS Servos by Kondo
Featured
Kondo KRS ICS Servos

Control Kondo KRS ICS2/3.5 servos via EZ-B UART; experimental, untested. Supports chaining, virtual servo ports, Release() and Servo() commands.

My First Robot: Ubm1 by MikeJ
Featured
Robot By Mikej

Multi-functional robot built with ez-robot kit: rotating metal-gear camera head, servo-scanned sonar, stainless steel body, EZ-B on AA, 12V drive.

Your Community Content

Welcome to the Synthiam Robotics Community

Sign in to unlock your personalized community feed — browse your posts, track replies, follow discussions, and join the conversation.

Log In to Access Your Content
question
Roboscratch Bug

Roboscratch Bug

There seems to be a few significant bugs in the Roboscratch plug in for v2016.01.31.00 1. Let's say the script is larger than the workspace on the screen. It requires some scrolling to the...
question

Jd Walking

I am proud new owner of a JD (thanks Steve G for helping me find a UK supplier). I have build and calibrated him without issue the tutorials are great. I have impressed the kids and frighted the cat with the built in scripts particularly impressed with "standing up from sitting" and Summersault To get to the point I'm trying to figure out...
question
Sound Break Out

Sound Break Out

The bottom of my EZb V4 looks different slightly from the video I watched here for adding a 3.5mm jack. The ground hole is the same but there is only one hole with the gold colored surround...
question
Help With Encoder

Help With Encoder

friends.. Can Anyone help me figure out how to wire this encoder ? I can't find the specs , and can't make it work with Kangaroo.. I know that the WHITE is Ground and RED is POSITIVE for...
question
Questions Installing 2015.12.19.00 Version

Questions Installing 2015.12.19.00 Version

I am a long time user of EZ-Robot. This is the first time I have had any problems installing a new version. A bit of history about the...
question

Neato Support

JD, Can you add support for the Neato family of vacuum bots? They have a life which is very cool. Here is the reference to their programmers manual. https://www.neatorobotics.com/resources/programmersmanual_20140305.pdf
question
ARC Dont Work By Make A Photo

ARC Dont Work By Make A Photo

Hello, i have follow Problem, the ARC Software dont works when i make a Photo. The ARC dont work by the follow Command: ControlCommand("Kamera",...
question

Cool Idea For Servos

https://www.revrobotics.com/product/srs-programmer/ While in Dallas this week, I joined the Dallas Personal Robotics Group. They have been around since 1984. I have watched them over the past 15 years or so and always wished I could join. After looking at some of the things that people have built that have come from the club, I decided that this...
question
Distance Sensors Lack Of Timeout

Distance Sensors Lack Of Timeout

Hi, I have an issue with some cheap HC-SR04 distance sensors, like the one described in this Arduino forum thread...
question

Jd- How Entertaining

So last night, I headed over to Brookstone and picked up a JD, couldn't resist the low price ya know, awesome! Followed the lessons, got the battery charged, and got him up and running in no time. He's got some nice dance moved there. What got me though was when you first activate him (after the calibration of course) is how all the servos suddenly...
question
Can You Cut Off The My Battery Is Low Alarm On Ezb4?

Can You Cut Off The My Battery Is Low Alarm On Ezb4?

I would like to cut off the alarm. I am using the ezb4 on +5volts. I am going in with +12v. I want the bus to be +5v...
question

Recorded Sound

when I turn on Jd,I don't want to hear the recorded messages. How do I turn them off with the software or do I have to do it mechanically? I want complete silence when I turn on jd. Deborah Crain [email protected]