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This heavy hooded sweatshirt is perfect for robot builders. The material mix of cotton and polyester...
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NMS Faux Odometry by Synthiam
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Estimate pose odometry from movement distance for robots without encoders, calibrated by speed. Suited for DIY navigation; pose drifts with lidar.

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Hexapod walker build with 18 servos, hand-cut parts and calf/foot photos, DIY EZ-Robot Revolution progress and assembly updates

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Ominbot Build, What Do I Need To Buy?

Hi, I'm following the Omnibot tutorial on Instructables click here for tutorial and need to purchase the following items: 1 x EZ-B Robot Controller https://www.ez-robot.com 1 x Servo for head 2 x Servos for arms 1 x Wireless Camera 1 x ARC Software 2 x Bright Blue LEDs 2 x QR111D Edge Detectors 1 x micro servo for Ping Sensor 1 x HC-SR04 Ultrasonic...
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If Elseif Else Goto & Return Commands

Another one which was written and hidden within a different topic and should warrant it's own tutorial post, the IF (etc.) commands. Quote:If (Value Condition Value ) IF condition can support multiple comparisons and functions. Condition tree must be closed with an ENDIF An if command requires a condition, this is the part in brackets after it....
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Request For Auto File Save Feature

Ez Builder seems to lock up on me sometimes (Not responding issues)... Today I made a lot of program changes to my R2 D2 project which I lost because of EZ- Builder stopped working... Over an hours work gone... The lock up seems to happen around using the "phrases show and phrases hide" panel for some reason... Anyway an auto file save...
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Micro 90Rpm Motor Hign Torque

Looking at making a 1:2 scale r2d2(not in crazy detail) from wood and just for reference I was wondering if anyone had seen a pretty small motor with high speed and if possible, a mount? The wheels I'm looking into are 3" diameter by 0.2" wide but I could change quick. Needs to be under 4" as the feet cover is only 7" at the...
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New Parts

when will the new parts like jd head whit the new camera to see on the byers page.
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Robosapien Cross Brookstone Rover

Hi all, wondering if anyone has ever merged a Robosapien and a Brookstove Rover? Using the rover to get around and using its camera etc and mounting the Robosapien (from the hip) to the top of the rover, then adding the ping sensors etc if required. I would think that the would need a custom fibreglass top on the rover to achieve a good finish....
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Vex Tank Tracks For Sale

Vex Tank Tracks For Sale

This is brand new set of the Vex Robotics Tank Tracks. These sell for $30.00 I am asking only $20 plus 5.00 shipping. if interested, email [email protected] Thanks
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Http Server Commands

Hello, I'd like to know how to run a script using HTTP Server. I know that for direction I write this: https://192.168.1.66:10/movement?password=admin&direction=left or https://192.168.1.66:10/exec?password=admin&script=left Is there a list of the commands available with Http Server? Thanks
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Accessing Values From I2c Port

I recently bought this IMU (inertial measurement unit): https://www.amazon.com/Kootek%C2%AE-Arduino-MPU-6050-gyroscope-accelerometer/dp/B008BOPN40#productDetails Now I want to read the values from the i2c port in C#. Please advice. Thanks!
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Order Questions

Hey i live in the uk and its been around 5 weeks or even more and still havent had any thing. in my orders it says stage2 processing order. please help
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Unintelligent Voice Recognition Response

Tired of yelling at your robot? Getting the silent treatment and dumb stare? Windows VR to my knowledge does not have a verbal "that was unintelligent" response for "garbled/low volume/high volume speak" . It does try or guess what we want it to say when accepting dictation or commands but I want something better! With the help...
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Reading From An I2c Device

Hi there, I've done some C programming in the past but only using notepad as an editor, so I'm trying to learn Visual Stuido and C#. I have a i2c device with a gyro, accelerometer and compass all on one chip and for now I just want to be able to read off values from certain registers but am a bit confused as to how the acknowledgements work.(I have...