EZ-Script Console icon EZ-Script Console Real-time EZ-Script console for ARC: enter and execute single-line commands, view output, clear display, and recall history with UP/DOWN. Try it →

Robot Building Questions

ARC Pro
Learn More
Upgrade to ARC Pro
Synthiam ARC Pro is a new tool that will help unleash your creativity with programming robots in just seconds!
Synthiam Credit
Earn synthiam credit to lower synthiam product costs
Earn Credit
Contribute to the community and earn credit to lower the cost of Synthiam robotics products and subscriptions.
Log In to Earn Credit
Synthiam Swag
See All Swag
Gaming Mouse Pad

Gaming Mouse Pad

While programming your robot, these 9x7 inch personalized mouse pads deliver a smooth experience...
View Product
NMS Example by Synthiam
Featured
NMS Example

Example NMS Level #1 navigation skill showing subscription to combined scan+location data, displaying position and scan info; source code included.

Dandroid 20xx by danbachmann
Featured
Robot By Danbachmann

EZ-B v4 Cybot robot uses IR and ultrasonic sensors for obstacle avoidance, wireless monitoring and human/animal activity targeting.

Community

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

Arc Auto Update

Two arc updates ago you included an option to disable automatic updating of the program. I cannot seem to find that option anywhere in arc. Can you point me in the right direction where this option is available? And I'm going to schedule and need to get this figured out by tomorrow afternoon (Thursday). Your quick attention would be appreciated....
question
UART And ASCII Dec.

UART And ASCII Dec.

@DJ My question pertains to UART communication. Hopefully I can explain this ... lol? ASCII UARTWrite(0,0,"49") in decimal form is = 1 UARTWrite(0,0,"50") in...
question
Cognitive Vision Not Speaking

Cognitive Vision Not Speaking

Hello All- How do I get Cognitive Vision to say what it see's from the camera? For some reason I can not get Cognitive Vision to speak the variable, it just says...
question

Camera Script To Reconnect, Does It Exist

Does a Camera script to reconnect, exist? Sometimes not often the camera disconnects. Can a script be implemented to reconnect it? Thank you.
question

Cognitive Vision Script Collection Only Executing Previous Vision

Hello All- Why is the script collection not executing the real time vision from Cognitive Vision skill? Im using Cognitive Vision - ControlCommand("Azure Text To Speech", "speak", "I see " + getVar("$VisionDescription")); and It works fine when I click describe image but when I make a script collection and...
question
How Do I Make Bing Speech Recognition Not Trigger From Spoken Chatgpt Response?

How Do I Make Bing Speech Recognition Not Trigger From Spoken Chatgpt Response?

Is there a variable or method to know when servos have stopped...
question

Bing Speech Wake Word Not Working

Hello All- I upgraded to ARC Pro 2023.11.15 and the wake word is not working anymore. I did remove Bing Speech and re-add it, no luck on wake word working. Any suggestions? I did reboot the computer. Bing Speech works fine with pressing the recording button and with VAD.
question

Azure Text To Speech, Talk Servo V2 Not Working

Hello All- Im sure im missing something, but here is what Im working with. EZ robot head- Azure Text to Speech Bing Speech Recognition with VAD OpenAI ChatGpt Everything works great but cant get the mouth to move from response "Using speaker from robot head" Azure selected to use "Speak out of EZB"   If I dont use Azure text to...
question
Speed Vs Velocity Configuration

Speed Vs Velocity Configuration

Why is there the option to set both the speed and the velocity parameters in the Actions tab of the Auto Position configuration panel?
question

The Ratio Setting Does Not Stay As Programmed For The Control Of Feetech Servos

How can I make sure that the ratio setting stays as programmed for the control of feetech servos?
question
Connection Issues

Connection Issues

I can't connect my EZ-B to my computer, and the tutorials are not helping.  I'm able to get the wifi connection running, I boot up ARC, but the debug log says... Connection Failed:...
question
Rplidar A1 And Better Navigator

Rplidar A1 And Better Navigator

I have connected the A1 lidar and I can see the mapping on RP lidar, but on the Better navigator, I just see lines without the map shape. I had followed the...