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Trex Motor Controller Problems With Ezb

I have several Pololu TReX motor controllers laying around. I hooked it up and connected a motor and a linear actuator to both channels. I started with an standard RC controller and made sure it was all set up. Worked fine. Then I replaced the reciever with the EZB. It worked for about 10 seconds then stopped. I had used PWM slider, then I tried...
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What I Would Like To See

Here is What I would like to see. A Radar for the Video Camera like we have for Sonar and IR. Would that be too hard to do? Let us know. That way, the Robot could be Autonymous using the Video Camera instead of IR and Sonar. Thanks, MEL
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For Dj

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Segway Skateboard, Can Ez-Robot Use Imu Analog Combo Board

I saw this on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGbbag9dklU here is his site:https://www.robosys.co.uk/ and here another how to make: https://www.instructables.com/id/Self-balancing-one-wheeled-electric-skateboard/?ALLSTEPS And it was right after I had just finished buying my EZ-Robot kit. My question is can the EZ-robot controller use IMU...
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ARC

Hello everybody, I own an EZ-V-B V3 Controler and would like some additional information concerning its use: At bootup, can the ARC be configured to connect to a specified port.com ? in order to automatically open a program / project. This info is necessary for use with a mini-itx motherboard destined for an autonomous robot project. Thanks in...
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Another Question

OK, all this stuff is done in realtime. Now, let's say you have a long complicated project that you want to put on your robot. In order to run it, you just load and connect? Is it possible to save it to a file that would run automatically when you turn on the robot? Just curious? Maybe a BAT file could be made to run it in one click. What do you...
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Something Completely Different

I found i lost interest in the robot building for a while and returned to another cool hobby CNC milling. Anyways I have started building another cool cnc based toy i thought some in this group may find interesting. 3d printing Here is a video showing the printer from another newcomer to printing Hoss's 3d printer printing an owl Thingieverse.com...
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Jumping Robot

Jumping Robot
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This Really Freaking Blows

to be honest i think its the camera...the entire set up started acting like this once i integrated the camera feature.... I AM SOOOOOOO BUMMED OUT.
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Dj, Hs School Robotics Question

My wife is a science teacher in high school. Another teacher approached her and asked if she was interested in being part of a new robotics curriculum that will be offered after the summer. A four year immersion into robotics CNC, rapid prototyping and 3d animation. All this is through a grant, based on introducing High School students to evolving...
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Brookstone Rover Camera Tracking

Hello, I recently downloaded ARC and was able to connect to my Brookstone Rover. How do I get my rover to follow a ball like in the video? It is able to track but in the log it states that tracking is disabled. Please let me know as soon as you can, anyone. Thanks, Chris
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Usability

for Bluetooth is it possible to not be hooked up to a loptop? ex: is it posible to control a robot with a bluetooth joystick while away from the orinignial blutooth source?