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How To Duplicate Robot Skills?

How To Duplicate Robot Skills?

How can I duplicate skills, especially scripts so that I can easily reuse my code? Unfortunately, as is, This requires me to open the script editor for a...
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Public Checkbox On New Tutorial Is Grayed Out.

I created a new tutorial but I cant seem to make it public. The public box is not enabled. What am I doing wrong?
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Isobot/Robi Robot

I am new to robot community but have been interested since I was a kid. I recently purchased two(2) Isobots from eBay. Only one works. Is there a mother board or robot controller that will fit inside of an Isobot? I put a Robi head on the one that works and was wanting to install a camera and a ez robot ez-bv4/2. Does anyone know if this will be...
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ARC Won't Let Me Merge Old Skill From Another Project

ARC Wont Let Me Merge Old Skill From Another Project

Ive been trying to move some skills from an old project to a new one. I keep getting  a message that I need to have...
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Ultrasonic; ADC Or Digital??

Ultrasonic; ADC Or Digital??

I looked up the only three tutorials I could find about ultrasonic sonar, and they all showed the ping sonars connected to digital ports. In the section...
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Constant Disconnection And Myriad Of Issues

Constant Disconnection And Myriad Of Issues

The system takes forever to connect, then it drops connection (have windows defender and allowed it through, shut down webroot)......
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Servo Command Code Through A Uart Port. EZB To Kangaroo/Sabertooth To DC Moto

The answer may be easy but the question is very hard to ask. I dont know why this happened... Anyway, heres my setup: * I have several servos on my robot and a DC motor controlled through a Kangaroo X2 attached to a Sabertooth 2X32.  * I have the Kangaroo attached to a uart port 1 on an EZB v4 (Digital ports 5 and 6 for Rx Tx). * I usually control...
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Cant Find The Script Manager To Install In ARC

Im trying to find the Script Manager in ARC so I can add it to my project. Am I just missing it or was it removed for some reason?
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All Servos Jerk When First Used After A Release (Not Power Up)

I havent seen this one before but theres a lot I havent seen. lol. Im using EZ Robot HDD servos for my first time. Ive always mostly used analog servos. Heres my problem: *When I power up the EZ HDD servos I get no jerk. *However the first time I send a signal to move (either with a script or a servo control) they will jerk quickly opposite of the...
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Interfaz ARC Mbile

Interfaz ARC Mbile

Hi, From the mobile application I try to make my robot speak in blockly with the SayEZB block but I get the error that you see in the image Does anyone know how to fix it or what is...
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Struggling With Autoposition

Struggling With Autoposition

Not a fan of the autoposition, but I had to tackle it for the drink robot because unlike servo recorder, I needed the robot to precisely grab a cup and repeat...
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New To ARC App First Time Use Issues With Public EZ Apps Button?

I am new to my school and I am in charge of the robotics class. There are several EZrobots, and I am trying to setup the app. I have successfully logged in. Im looking to get into the public EZ and I get this message Server was unable to process request.--- value was either too large or too small for an Int16.  Error, check application log. I go to...