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Hi, Im New.

Consider myself introduced. My longterm goal is to make a portrait that follows Only certain people around a room (with its eyes!) My short term goal is to create something I can unleash in my dorm. for the lulz.
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Dj's Awesome Releases

Has anyone noticed he has done 12 releases in the last 60 days?! I tell ya the man never sleeps!
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What Is The Best Base To Start From.

What Is The Best Base To Start From.

I started my project a weeks ago and first played with all the bits. I started building my actual robot on a RC car of mine and came to the...
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Happy Father's Day!

Don't forget to make your calls or visits to your loved ones!
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Wifi

did anyone get wifi to work?it would be nice to connect pc to ez by entering an ip address instead of com port could this be coming in the future eyeroll
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Ez-Robot As Common Micro-Controller Programmer

Can Ez-Robot b used as common Micro-controller programmer like PIC or Arduino????
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Sensordrone

Sensordrone

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7.2V To 5.8V

7.2V To 5.8V

Hello everyone, I have a question. I am continueing my work on Hank, and I am back to needing a seperate power source for the high torque servo's. Allthough Hank is no longer a hexapod but a...
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When Robot Chases The Red Ball, It Turns Right Instead Of Straight.

When robot chases the red ball, it turns right instead of straight. Did Anyone see this happen before. It follows it with the camera just fine. But on the robot, it goes to the right instead of straight. It then says where did the ball go? because it lost it. Is there any way to adjust this? When I control the robot through the Roomba controller,...
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Help With Voice Recognition

See attached screen shot. Don't know what I am doing wrong. Do I need to fill in the script for any command, enable cmd, or disable cmd? I can't get it to recognize anything. Is there a training required or does something need to enabled in windows 7? I can see that the microphone is configured and detecting sounds of the my voice. Lost.
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Lesson Learned About Gripper

If I would not have been so impatient when I built the arm, I would not have had to do it over. I hot melt glued the arm together instead of silicone. And sometimes servos get hot. It melted the glue and Bang!! The whole gripper came apart. Not only that when I touched the servo, the hot melt glue that was melted got on my hand and burn a water...
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EZ-B And Wifi

Hi, I would like to build a robot with a camera which should observe my house and my garden. It should use my existing wlan for connectivity, so I can control it remotely from each place in the world. Would it be possible to use the EZ-B with wifi instead of Bluetooth? Thanks