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Differences Between Old And New V4 Cameras

I just received my new Revolution Six robot I got through Brookstone. (Paid only $150 for it on sale!) How can I tell if it has the new V4 camera included? I have an older V4 camera that I got when V4 Revolution started shipping (years and years ago. LOL) and do see a few differences. Mostly only text printing on the little boards though. DJ did...
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Cleaning Out My Laboratory, Have Parts For Sale. Anyone Interested Also In The L

Cleaning Out My Laboratory, Have Parts For Sale. Anyone Interested Also In The L

We are talking about a working Leaf Project robot that I...
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Talk Servo And Numerals

I have been developing a script that generates a series of numerals and I've noticed that the Talk Servo Control does not move when it receives a numeral in the Say command. For example: Sayezb(" two hundred and fourty eight") # the servo moves and the audio plays Sayezb("248") #the servo does not move but the audio plays Is...
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Apollo Computer

Apollo Computer

It's amazing we made it to space at all! Wow, how far we've come...
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Servo Rotation

Does anyone have any code they could share that would turn a servo from side to side. I need it to move the servo from position 50 to position 80 and back again not exceeding those positions but I cant seem to figure out the logic to make it happen. Any examples?
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Sound Board Color / Object Recognitiuon

I did a yellow cop object recognition and the ez is not recognizing it (maybe due to poor lighting) but that is not the issue. The script won't talk out of the ez b and instead, I have to set the say to the pc soundboard, So EZ robot built in speaker does not obey the script yet it does the startup network find and all of that ok. Here is the...
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Plugin Icon Missing From General Tab

Plugin Icon Missing From General Tab

I have followed the steps in the ARC Manual for Plugins. I have done a search and don't see an answer to this question. Step#5) there is no icon,...
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Microphone Connection Question

Hello. I am making a Wall-e similar to DJ Sures, the only problem is, the microphone is not working. Everytime I try talking to it, it says something about: [delay]. If I go to the speech recognition window in ARC, there is a button that says I can setup my microphone. It says that there is none on the EZB v4, so I had to connect to the one on my...
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Have You See This New Piece Of Tehnology Camera Drone?

This smart camera drone is Awesome! Not only that it can fit into palm of your hand, it also demonstrate good design and some pretty nice specs: 15 mpix camera, gps navigation, p2p streaming, and it can avoid obstacles on the way! and all that in only 140grams! check it out: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/onagofly-the-smart-nano-drone--2#
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New V4 Camera Fuzzy Image Compared To The Old V4 Camera?

I just received 4 of the new V4 one piece cameras... To be honest the image is way fuzzy and dark compared to the old camera... I have adjusted the focus on all 4 of them but the image is no where near the quality of the old V4 camera.... Did I just get the prototype batch or is there something I am missing? I can't really complain much as I did...
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Wiring For Roli

I got my Roli a few days ago and right track didn't work. I pulled apart the body and found the 2 wires for the track were not connected. I connected the wires incorrectly to begin with so that when I told the tracks to move forward they actually went backwards. I then reversed the wires and backward and forward commands worked correctly, but now...
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Making A Servo Stop

Making A Servo Stop

I'm perplexed....:) is there a simple script command that can stop a servos movement when the servo starts moving? I am trying to use a lever switch within a gripper. When I tell the...