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Ez Robots; What Comes 1St, The Kit Or The Board?

Hi EZ Robots staff, I've got 3 EZB V4's on order. Who will you take care of first, the newbies who are spending the big bucks on the entire kits or those of us who are ordering the new boards to upgrade? I'm taking off work a few weeks in December and hope to have my 3 boards here and spend my vacation replaceing the 3 old V3's I have in my robot....
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Help On Omni2000 Base.

I placed the tall robot on the Omni2000 base. I was told that if I put it backards, it would be more stable. Well, I did not try it the regular way, only backwards. It does not wobble at all. But, when I say forward, it creeps slowly. When I tell it go in reverse, it takes off like a ruptured duck, or because it is October next month, bat out of...
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Metal Detecting Robot

Hi! I'm planning to create my own metal detecting robot and I'm wondering if I can use EZ-Robot and connect it to a metal detector. Thanks!
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Srf05 Ping Sonar

Hi, been using Devantech SRF05 (Positive TTL level) pings forever with my previous controller Basic Atompro... The neat thing about the SRF05 is the trigger and echo use the same pin (meaning simple 3 wire connection)... I haven't used the EZB before but I have a pre-order in for the Roli kit... So, my question is can (since I have 5 of the SRF05)...
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Autotracking With Ip Camera

Hi all, new here.. I got my ip camera, tenvis JPT3815W working with the software, I used manycam to get it working. All is working fine in that department, I was wondering if it's possible to control the servos inside this camera to autotrack an object.. this particular camera has a pan and tilt so it would be nice to be able to use it in...
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How To Reduce Rad Base Noise?

So looking around I saw a couple of ideas like That sound-proof foam or tinfoil. What I'm wondering is how I can make my rad base's gearboxes quieter for cheap so I can use it to do recon. Any ideas are welcome.
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Keyboard Input

Had an idea.... With the keyboard being replaced by voice commands and the increasing likelihood of us being able to put a PC on board our bots I was thinking about ways to improve the sensor grid and make it a bit more advanced than the few micro switches and wires we use at present. Are we able to take input in from the keyboard into our ARC...
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Camera Question.

Does anybody know if I can use a different camera instead of the easy cam that comes with the kit? Like a security camera with infrared lighting?
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The New Ez-B V4

Hello all, Just wondering about the new EZ-B. I take it the bluetooth is now out and wifi is in. How many EZ-B's can connect withe the EZ- Builder software? confused
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Rad Base Speed Change?

Does the rads base speed differ going forward vs backward? Or does it stay the same either way?
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Ez-B V 3 And V 4 Compatibility?

Would the V3 board work in tandem with the V4 board in ARC? Is the V3 board still gonna be supported or does everyone need to upgrade to V4?
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Will My Heavyduty Metal Servos Run Better On 6 Or 7.2 Volts

I have them set now to 7.2 volts with a regulator. They are hooked up to the servoPC board.