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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...
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Coverting Project From V3 To V4

Hi, I am converting a project from V3 to V4. Few Issues 1. Servos not positioning in same position. If servo centered before it in certain position it is way off now. 2. Servos not releasing. Same script in V3 no issues. 3. Servos jumpy. Not as smooth as V3 Wireless router right next to project. No change in script just moving jumper to jumper same...
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Cepstral Voice Effects

@Steve G Steve, I carried out your tutorial to change the voice effect in Cepstral, and it works GREAT! Before I found your tutorial I had contacted Cepstral, to see if I could change the voice effect to another device, and said it could not be done. Thanks for the tutorial posting. Much appreciated, Cheers, Chris.
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Can I Order Ez-Robot's Products From Italy?

Good evening, I'm Alessandro and this is the first time I use EZ-Robot's Forum. As a Star Wars fan, I would like to start building my own life size BB-8 prop and I want to try doing it using EZ-Robot products. But I saw that this group is located in Canada, so I guess this might be a problem since I live in Central Italy and there are no shops...