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A Warning To Our Young Members Of All Ages On This Forum.

OK youngsters, off to bed with ya. Santa will pass you buy if your still awake when he gets to your house. If your sound asleep when he arrives he may just have a new EZB V4 for you in his bag! According to NORAD's Santa Tracker he's in Little Rock, Arkansas as of 1232 central time. Hope you were good this year!
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Never Introduced Myself

My name is Jamie. Been into robots since I was a kid. The only one I can recall having though was the Tomy Dingbot. When I was in my late twenties I got a robosapien and just recently picked up an identical one since the original is gone. I briefly had a V2 but returned it when I realized it still walked horribly. Anyway I have a Roli and a JD on...
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Servo Question

Hello and first of all, scuse me for my bad english. I am trying to use servos for the movement of my robot, but i see a bad thing. When servos goes in position i set, they have a vibration.......... For example, i set a servo in 60% position. It goes to the position and it start "buzzing"....... Do you have same problem? I am thinking...
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Seasons Greetings

Seasons Greetings

Merry christmas all and a happy new year to everyone Not been on for a while or able to work on my robot as my sons been keeping me and the wife very busy aswell as having another one on...
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Water Snake Robot

water snake robot Merry Christmas from Buster and the Bookmaker
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Motor Controller Signal Voltage

Motor Controller Signal Voltage

When you hook the motor controller to the ez-b, what is the max voltage that can run on those connections of the motor controller. Do I need to regulate it or...
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4 Pin Connector For I2c

4 Pin Connector For I2c

I've been looking for something for months now but not found it. I need a jumper wire that fits the I2C port on the EZ-B. 4 pin 0.1" spacing which plugs in to the EZ-B...
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Gyroscopic Sensor Recommendations?

As you may know, I'm building a humanoid robot. I'm looking for a good gyroscopic sensor that could fit into my robot (the new back allows a bit more space, so if it's bigger it could fit) and is easier to code (I need it to stabilize the robot and tell it to get back up if it falls over). I've been looking at a gyroscopic 3-axis sensor at...
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Is There A Way To Get Previous Versions Of ARC

I have an older computer that has XP, is there a way to get ARC for it? I know EZ Robot does not support XP anymore.
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Need Omnibot 2000 Tray!

Hello all, I finally acquired an Omnibot 2000 but it has no tray! Is anyone selling one or know any online stores that might sell them? I checked ebay and can't find any. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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R2d2 On Ebay

R2d2 On Ebay

I found this guy on the list at a reasonable price. Hard to find with the periscope and chest doors intact! This would be a great platform for an EZB v4. If I didnt have my money tied up in...
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Want A Real Balancing Robot?

Want A Real Balancing Robot?

So this is how loaded dice really work...