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Maestro Servo Controller by Pololu
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Maestro Servo Controller

USB control for Pololu Maestro (6/12/18/24) via ARC Vx ports. Maps Vx to Maestro channels; supports position, speed, acceleration, release.

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Data replica entertains ReStoring Data clients in Vancouver - head/arm SM-S8166M servos on EZB, face/motion tracking, jokes and command responses.

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Roborealm Now Supports Neato Xv Lidar

Roborealm Now Supports Neato Xv Lidar

The fine folks at RoboRealm (Steven) has incorporated the XV-11 LIDAR into RoboRealm. This is good news as he is much better with graphics than I...
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Reading And Using Servo Values In Tracking

Hello, I have two cameras mounted on servos. They are set it up in tracking color mode (red). I have an 10 foot square area. The cameras are mounted in two locations (5 feet from a corner), 90 degrees from each other, against the outside wall . While tracking, I want to read the values the servos are at, and display the value. I know I can only...
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Password And Login Retrieve

Password And Login Retrieve

few weeks ago my hard drive went bad.so they had to instal a new one , and reinstall win 7.is there a program for retrieve a login name and password, from a web...
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Making A Robot Bear. Need Help

Hi guys! I have successfully created a robot bear, but I am having some problems. 1. He doesn't listen to voice commands 2. When he talks, the servo will not stop after he is done. It is a 360 degree servo, and I have tried to get him to talk through scripts and the talk servo. He successful starts moving his mouth, but it will not stop when the...
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Servo (Stop) / Servo Stop - How To Stop A Servo At A Specific Adc Value

Servo (Stop) / Servo Stop - How To Stop A Servo At A Specific Adc Value

Hello, i have one ( i hope easy) question. i have a pressure sensor. Work fine...
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Defective Servo Out Of The Box -- Discussion Forum Post Request By Warranty Form

Hi everyone, I have a new JD Robot! I'll tread lightly here because I'm in the same sort of chicken and egg situation as in this thread: https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/8137 I went to the warranty support form that requests that I provide a URL from the discussion form in order to get warranty support. When I try to submit the form, it...
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3D Printers, Worth Buying A Cubify?

I'm on a tight budge, is spending $300 for Cubify 2nd Gen to build parts for my robot worth it? I read the reviews, it's not the greatest and the cartridge are expensive. But I just want to build a few small parts for now. Thanks, Aliusa
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Brushed Esc And Servo Question

Hello, New to the EZB. Finally started it up. Two questions: Q1. Got a couple servos moving. I have a continuous rotation servo It seems to have a significant delay when stopping. Is that normal? Q2. I got one of these. https://www.ebay.com/itm/221934520621?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT It is not turning the motor....
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Multiple Motors

Multiple Motors

The robot that I am building is going to have DC motors for XY and Z movement as well as elbow bending, wrist turning, etc. I will probably wind up with eight DC motors when I'm done. Now...
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Continuous Rotation Servos At 8.0V

Alright. Simple question. If I have continuous rotation servos connected to the ez-b running off of a 7.2v ni-mh battery(max voltage7.9) will it survive? If not, could I just PWM it down and it will do fine?
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Camera Question

Hello, I have a problem with the camera, and the EZB-V4. When the camera for a long time is in effect. Crashes the system. Enough memory can not be the cause, I have 8GB Ram and including about 40% occupancy. There come the following error messages: ezbv4 camera image render error: System.OutOfMemoryException: Nicht genügend Arbeitsspeicher. bei...
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Correct Format For Control Command

Correct Format For Control Command

I've stumbled across a strange formatting issue and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I say strange, as most of the time it works...