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Radar Hookup Question

Radar Hookup Question

UncleMike here again; I am having a problem (yes I read the post by angpal59, and have not found any other posts relative to this ) getting a signal from my ping unit. I have...
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Wireless Usb

I want to connect a Kinect to JAC but I don't have an on board laptop or ITX. I was wondering if anyone knows of a wireless USB adapter that I can plug in the reciever to on the Kinect to the robot and the transmitter to the laptop. Or any other suggestion wou;ld be great.
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Gear Motor Find

Gear Motor Find

Just wanted to share. I found some nice gear motors at Princess Auto. I believe that they are car power seat motors which means: - 12v operation - reversible gearbox - good power/torque I...
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Please Tell Me How To Use Bondo. It Is For An Ezb Project

Please Tell Me How To Use Bondo. It Is For An Ezb Project

I have never worked with BONDO and I have a can that has a hardner on top of it. Anyone have any clues....
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Look Around

Hi this might sound like a dumb question... I have a Pan/Tilt bracket with the Wireless Camera mounted to it. I want to have the ability to drive the robot to a location and park up and look around. I can achieve this effect using the horizontal and vertical servo control but would like to control this function either using the keyboard or a...
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Do You Use Protection?!

I've been looking at a lot of robot projects here and around the net lately and one thing really surprises me. I've yet to see anyone use servo savers on their robot. I'm sure there are people that are, but it seems really uncommon. I don't get why. We use servos in ways that put them under loads way beyond their design, like mounting an entire...
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Require Assistance Keyboard Script

Can someone please help me. It use to work before the latest updates, but ever since the updated it stop working. It is giving me an error stating invalid token, for whatever the command i input into it or whatever key I press. Do I have my syntax wrong? My project is below. Thank you in advance for the assistance. Rover1.0.EZB
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Ez-Robot Complete Kit For Sale

Hello, I am selling my EZ-Robot Complete kit to a new owner who will get more use out of it then me. I bought it originally to mess around with but haven't had as much time to do so. It's a recently purchased kit only about 2 months old. It is the newest edition. It's on ebay, check it out if you are interested Ebay Auction Link EZ Robot Kit
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Ir Remote To Interference Maker(Wolfies Idea)

Ir Remote To Interference Maker(Wolfies Idea)

So, to continue on the quest to cause interference in the IR area I decided that wolfies idea of using a full rc remote wired up...
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Will There Be A Count Down?

Just wondering, to give some people peace in mind(me) could there maybe be a countdown a couple days in advance to revolution? Me and a couple other members are really excited and really want to get working on our bots so to have a countdown to tell us when revolution is here would be nice, if its possible. Thanks, Dylan
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Hello.

My EZ-Robot package has arrived! So thought I should drop in and say hello to everyone and say a BIG THANX to DJ Sures and everyone at EZ-Robot for putting together a cracking package. No doubt i'll have some questions along the way, but for now I'l have a good read over the information available here and I'll post my progress to building my first...
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Parts For-Sale

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