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Decide whether to wait for a replacement servo or use a faulty servo as a placeholder to fine-tune your JD robot's movements.
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The Humble Laser Distance Scanner
Can already see the shape of the object from the image. This is my hand. This scanner is the time I spent about two days to do it with a laser light and a...
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wang shou neng |
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A Laser Terrain Scanner
I'm manufacturing a laser terrain scanner, you can scan to within five meters of the object, and you know the direction, not instead of ultrasonic ranging? English is not very good, please forgive me.
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wang shou neng |
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Where To Buy Parts In Uk
Got my EZ-B yesterday (would have been sooner but I wasn't home and DHL messed me about a little). But now I need to get all of the other bits I may need. Been googling and ebaying all morning but just thought I would ask on here, where do you guys pick up your servos, servo cables etc. from in the UK? Is it just a case of hitting ebay or are there...
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Rich |
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Hi Everyone. I Already Have A Question ;)
Hi everyone, First, I am completely new to DIY robotics (but interested for a long time) and it is the discovery of EZ Robot (and its...
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Troy |
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Extended Range Communication
I see that wifi and xbee are popular options. From reading on the forums, some people seem to have trouble getting wifi to work. I need my robot to stay in communication around my quarter acre yard. I don't mind putting a couple wifi (802.11) repeaters up if need be. Is there any reason I should not use wifi? Has anyone gotten it to work? How big...
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Putt Putt |
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Controlling Multiple Leds (Noob)
I want my robot to have LEDs. I can think of three things I might want to do with LEDs. 1) status indicators 2) animated pattern (ex 1,2,3,4,5 loop) 3)...
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Putt Putt |
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Outer Limits Memory
I have reached the top of Mt Memory Everest! What was I thinking! Anyways in an effort to create a chat bot called FRED (Friendly Robot Entertainment Droid) , I have used in excess of 101 Scripts and combined with 15 Soundboards of .wav files to create a massive file of ..wait for it...152 MB (159,718,816 bytes)! It will "save or save as"...
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irobot58 |
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Batteries (Noob)
I have the wild thumper 4WD chassis. I read somewhere that anything over 5V is a waste for the EZ-B. Not sure this is true... IF this IS true, should I have two battery packs? 6V for EZ-B and a higher voltage, higher AH battery for the chassis? I'm looking for the best solution, not the cheapest. Can anyone recommend a link to buy the best battery...
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Gunner |
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Introducing. Me!
Hello EZ-Robotiers! So my kit arrived today and I thought it is now the best time to say a quick greeting, pass on my initial observations and ask about an extremely minor issue. Me: So...
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robotmaker |
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Which Language
Morning People, I have recently purchased two complete sets of EZ Robot for my brother and I with the ultimate intention of taking over the world. We are of the the more senior side but not complete Ludites. I am looking to learn a programming language from scratch and would like to ask which ( VB C C++ ) you young whippersnappers would recomend me...
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Rural Geek |
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Transformer
Great transformer One of the best I have seen.
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DJ Sures |
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Controlling Specific Leds Besides The I2c Hardware?
Is it possible to use special leds such as 7 color blinking leds within the ezb programmer, besides? using the blink...
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Gunner |