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Servos For Robot Dog

Servos For Robot Dog

Anyone building a robot dog? I am looking for Servo's to build one that will work with ARC...
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How To Reach The EZ-Robot EZB Config Page?

How To Reach The EZ-Robot EZB Config Page?

There used to be a button on the front of the connection control in ARC that could be clicked on to get us to the web page of a EZB....
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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 can't 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 Won't Let Me Merge Old Skill From Another Project

I've been trying to move some skills from an old project to a new one. I keep getting  a message that I need to...
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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 don't know why this happened... Anyway, here's 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...
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Can't Find The Script Manager To Install In ARC

I'm 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 haven't seen this one before but there's a lot I haven't seen. lol. I'm using EZ Robot HDD servos for my first time. I've always mostly used analog servos. Here's 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...
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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...