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Hector Slam Navigation  Navigation Messaging System (NMS)

Hector Slam Navigation Navigation Messaging System (NMS)

Dear friends and robot builders Honest greetings and respect I need to implement a hector slam navigation...
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Servos Not Responding

I have been using the "Oculus Quest Robot" Skill with an Arduino Uno and a PCA9685 breakout board connected via I2C for a few months now.  Everything had been working great.  I transferred all of my electronics to a new robot platform and now, none of the servos will move.  The PCA9685 board has power, the servo rail on the PCA9685 has...
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Coms Port Not Showing When Connecting EZB To Rock Pix

I am trying to connect an EZB to a Rock PiX. For some reason, a Coms port does not show up. When I connect the EZB to my laptop, I do get a Coms port and ARC can connect to it. Looking at Device Manager on the Rock PiX, there is an entry for Other Devices FT232R USB UART. What am I missing here?
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Can ARC Work With An Lattepanda/Arduino With A PCA9685 Connected To It?

Can ARC Work With An Lattepanda/Arduino With A PCA9685 Connected To It?

Can ARC work with a Lattepanda's Arduino with DJ's firmware installed with a...
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EZB Leonardo Serial Ports

DJ,  I reviewed your code for the EZ-Genuino_Leonardo.ino and I see you added dummy code for the other serial ports should that code be added to this service also to make it better for the EZB platform?
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Can This Work With ARC As A Servo Controller?

Can This Work With ARC As A Servo Controller?

32 Channel Robot Servo Control Board Servo Motor Controller PS-2 Wireless Control USB/UART Connection Mod...
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The Huaduino Debacle And Its Consequences

The Huaduino Debacle And Its Consequences

Hello all, now before I waste all your time with my rambling, let me get to the point: Huaduino no work. Big sad. Forum said it was...
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Is There Any Support For AWS Robomaker?

Was at re:Invent last week and saw some really cool demos. Wondering if there are any support/skills for services being offered by AWS?
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Blockly Locking Up And Can't Stop It

Blockly Locking Up And Can't Stop It

Is there an easy way to shut down Blockly when it locks up and you can't stop it- without totally restarting ARC?
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What Is A Movement Panel?

What Is A Movement Panel?

Had some questions on this skill. I did not see any configuration for which motors to use. If you've got multiple motors running how does it know which ones to control?...
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Start Script With  Ifttt

Start Script With Ifttt

The title actually explains it. I want to control my robot via "IFttt". I found a plugin to SEND: https://synthiam.com/Support/Skills/Misc/IFTTT-Sender?id=15883...
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My Computer Has Trouble With Windows 11

My Computer Has Trouble With Windows 11

Hello, On my Windows 11 machine I cannot get anything but the EZ-Robot camera to work. Any other cameras that I plug into the computer are...