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Need Help With Commands.

OK, I have worked with Marty and when I give her voice commands like robot forward, reverse, turn right, turn left, everything works fine. BUT...... when she is chasing the Red ball, she finds it and looses it just fine. But . . . . . . when she sees the red ball she runs toward it. That is fine. But, if you move the red ball to the left or right,...
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Need Answers On Ping And Sharp, Please

since I did not get an answer on the other questions, I figured I would ask again and restructure the questions. OK, I have gotten Two Pings and Two Sharp units installed. When i put my hand over them they give me a value of 255 when open and 1-4 feet when closed. All four units are working fine. When I scan with the PINGS on the Radar they all...
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Help Wont Connect

when i go to ez-robot program. the click on the com port and press connect it says it cant connect. i upgraded the firm ware. what do i do. confused stress tired
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Poject Magnus Picture Update

Poject Magnus Picture Update

Here are some pictures of his head and neck areas. Still a lot of painting and finishing to be done. Similar in appearance to the Lost in Space Robot B9 but...
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Community Suggestions

Could we get optional user setting fields "Public Email" & "URL" where we can put addresses for only other users to see on our User Details pages? (Sharing email addresses in posts, opens us up to spam bots. I don't have a spam filter on my email address (haven't needed it for last 8yrs), I started getting a rash of spam...
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Ez Robot And Hb-25 Motor Controllers

Hello all, Anyone have experience using EZ-Robot and HB-25 motor controllers? Thanks -John
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Speech Recognition Question

hi, I have a problem with Speech recognition. I have windows 7 and my microphone is perfectly configurated. In the windows speech i can activate and desactivate the speech recognition with the enable phrase and disable phrase, it means that the configuration is ok, i can see in the window enable and disable when i say the enable phrase and disable...
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Ip Cam?

Hello, is it possible to use instead of the single-cam an IP wireless webcam? Has anyone ever tested this? Thanks Sven
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Ezb Supports Most Systems

Since djsures said that the ezb supports most systems can it support my icybie a robotic dog from the the year 2001-2005?
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Modified Servo Movement Panel

I placed a fresh new 9.6 volt rc battery in my robot everything works great exept the modified servo movement panel. At first it works fine but then whatever arrow key I pushed it turned left. I really wanted to post my robot and so far the battery was the problem but after I found my battery I have to face this problem please help. I know i am...
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Power Question

Hello everyone! I am experiencing a problem with the power supply for my Robot. My EZ-B is adjusted for an external power supply on ports d0- d14, to which 12 high torque servo's are connected. I have 2 LiPo batteries of 7,4 v connected in paralel, directly feeding the EZ-B and a Castle Creations Bec that is set to its standard setting of 5,1 v....
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Resizeable Script Box?

DJ I was wondering if we could have the script box resizeable so I can see more of the title.