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Control up to 127 stepper motors via Arduinos mapped to ARC servos; supports any stepper driver, serial network, home calibration, speed/accel.

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WALL-E inspired mobile robot controlled by a wireless Xbox 360 controller, upgradeable with EZ-B kit and embedded hardware for future autonomy

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Anyone Notice That The Ez-Cloud Is On V2?

did anyone notice? I just did. Just one of many things to come I guess.
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Way To Power An Led Rather Than Dig. Port

I'm really sort on digital ports on my rad project. I don't have any more digital ports left. I don't want to spend +$10 on a tip circuit because that wont allow me to turn individual leds on and off. Is there an alternate way I could power them?
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Bluetooth Discovery Finds Linvor , Ezb Bt Default Name

Bluetooth Discovery Finds Linvor , Ezb Bt Default Name

This made me think I had a Bluetooth problem last night. My fresh ezb before software update said Linvor. This...
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About The Robophilo Jr

Does is need the stand,i am buying the next model up ROBOPHILO and it has a stand. SO what is it really for.
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Mg-A1 Quadtrax Tarantula For Sale On Ebay

There is a Quadtrax on Ebay for $34.99 + $16.99 shipping. MG-A1 Quadtrax "Tarantula"
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Steve Norris Anyone?

Today Steve was featured on daily planet with his new "cobrabot", a robot that is built to face track and get scared and back away when something gets too close to it. I just found his website. He's made a lot of robots. I like the stool robot he made. Norris Labs It appears he has managed to figure out things that we all have not fully...
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Spidey Bot

I'm considering a scratch-built spider like (spidey bot) robot for my next project. I once owned an OWI Spider Kit that used only 2 motors to operate it's 6 legs. I think my wife throw it out after we got married. Anyway, I think it would be somewhat simple to mill out the pieces for such a robot using basic woodworking tools with some 1/4"...
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Awesome Bipeds

Awesome Bipeds

Check out these Nubots, makes me want to try buildng a biped.
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Pl2303hx Converter Usb To Ttl Usb To Com Serial Adapter Cable Module

When connecting one of these to one of the ports, is it possible to send AND receive data in strings to another device?
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Ez-B For Sell On Ebay

Ez-B For Sell On Ebay

found this thought someone would be interested EZ-B I guess its missing the power supply, but they have a lipo and charger up for sell too with a low voltage alarm. Lipo Lipo...
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ARC And Scripting Time Management

As robots become more elaborate mechanically the software must keep up. As the monitoring of sensors, particularly, increases, I would like to know what the experianced robot builders opinions are of how to keep the software from " hanging up, bogging down etc" What is the most time intensive ARC commands and scripts? Also what time...
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Alarm Clock Script

Hi I'm trying to finish my alarm clock script using script manager and I don't know what to do can anyone help me please? Here is a copy of my alarm scripting... # Jocasta Nu alarm clock v1.0 # By William Chase # ======================= # Assign system variables # ======================= # System variables program :variables $Count=0...