Robot Building Questions

Need A Ez Script Hint

Hi all, I'm having a centering issue. I'm trying to have the waist of my B9 robot turn left, right and then go to center. Right now I have 3 scripts, one for each movement (left, right and center). My goal it to have one script that will let my waist move back and forth past center and then return to center. The motor is a DC motor controlled with...

Keyboard Control Needs Key Up Event

It would be really nice if the keyboard control had a key up event. Also, how would one indicate the cursor keys for this control? Code hinting only works in the code edit dialog window, not sure why.

Strange Behavior With H-Bridge Widget

I got the omi-535 robotic arm wired up easily, first try, no soldering required. The ARC setup was also cake. There was one strange issue, movement control "up" and "down" directions seemed to be bleeding over into "left" a bit. When this occurred, the left / right motor was acting like the voltage was very low as it...

Hi And A Question About The Wild Thumper Chassis

Hi, I am new to the community and ready to get started! I've done some robotics in the past and am just starting to get into it again. I was greatly impressed with the hardware and resources available for EZ-Robot. So I am ready to jump in. My first project will be an autonomous vehicle for outdoor use (navigating neighborhood sidewalks). I...

Windows 8 Compatibility

Hi, Are ARC and all of it's components and support software compatible with Windows 8? Thanks, Mike

Pc For Everything

Hi. If I'm reading things correctly, you need a constant connection from EZ B board to the PC for things like speech recognition. Is this true for everything? Specificially, how about collision avoidance? If that's the case, then you'd really need to tote around a laptop or possibly integrate one into your robot. Would it be possible to have future...

Crunchies

I was just sent this and thought it would be great to share with you Clickity: https://crunchies2012.techcrunch.com/nominate Anyone feel like nominating EZ-Robot for best hardware startup?

Intro(Bot Time)

Greetings all, I go by IRobot58(Glen) and reside on Salt Spring Island . The EZ-Robot product is simply amazing ,working with the ARC only up to this point. DJ Sures has really opened up the world of DIY robotics for every size of robot. He really brings out the Dr.Frankenstein in all of us (in a good way) wanting to develope a fun entertaining ,...

Dual Axis Compass

Having problem connecting The Sure Electronics DC-SS503V100 ezb connects & then disconnects after a short while no voltage drop on supply connections 5v gnd scl sda Any advice would be appreciated

Several Ez Robot Questions

Hey, Im a long time programmer looking to start in robotics, and i've several questions aboutnthe ez robot kit. Complete hardware noob here, so be patient First: Can I replace ez robot's microcontroller with an embedded board and switch between that amd microcontroller for testing? If so how, and where could I buy the embedded programming board? I...

Ping Sensor Offset

how can i add offset to sonars or IR sensors ,some sensors dont read the distance correct ,like sonars its 6 inches