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So No Sound Sensors In Our Bots Because Servos Are To Loud...

So No Sound Sensors In Our Bots Because Servos Are To Loud...

so how do you make the bot "look" in your direction when you speak to him? if i say...
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Over Heating

Over Heating

DJ, I have managed to hook up alot of servos and I find that the voltage regulator overheats and the servos will no longer hold their respective positions. If I shut them down for a few minutes...
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Friday Night Chat - Come Join In!

Friday Night Chat - Come Join In!

If this is ok with the DJ & the EZ-Robot Community; I was wondering if we could have a Friday Night Chat - Come Join In! Friday March 9, 2012 9pm EST...
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Omnibot 5402 Tray

Hey, Does anybody have a tray i can use for my omnibot? I am willing to pay for it.
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Have Idea On Ezb To Save On Current

i see when i hook up the EZB it draws near 90 ma,to cut down on current like i did on the led you have draws 20 ma ,why not use a 2 ma led instead
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Parts Wanted......

Parts Wanted......

For those who are about "hack up" the Star Wars Interactive R2D2 Astromech Droid Robot I am looking for the following components: If you have no use for them, I am willing...
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Dj How Do I Hook Up To Brookstone Rover

i have a brookstone rover and have it connected in windows wireless what setup or changes do i make in ARC when i add brookstone rover movement pad and hit connect ,the light on rover still blinking ,meens not connected anything else i need to setup in ARC
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Irbot Create Issues

Hi, i'm trying to get my Irobot Create working and my connection seems to be fine, it say connected buy when I try to make it go forward nothing happens, I've check my cord, it did actually work 1 time then I picked it up and I can't get it to work, any ideas. sojc_98
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How To Pwer A Ez Camera From A Power Source

all you need is usb type a female breakout board and a 5 volt source,plus usb charging cable that comes with the camera here is a link to usb breakuot board for $6.95 ic shipping usb breakout board first link is usb 3.0 usb 2.0 breakout board this is the one i bought ,other dont know if will work on usb 2.0 type A USB MALE and its little cheaper at...
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Arduino Infrared Module Kit As Table Top Edge Sensor?

in the video below i think the guy is using the arduino infrared module kit (link to ebay item below too) i wanted to see if anyone here know if we can use this kit as edge detection. so my wall-e doesn't fall of the table. in the video it shows that if even one sensor (either the transmitter or receiver ) go off the table the bot stops and...
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Edge Detectors

I'm a newbie to the forum and just in the planning stage ( and gathering parts) for the OmniBot conversion. D.J. calls for a QR111D edge detectors. I can"t seem to find one online. Anyone know if there is an equivilent part (w/part number) available? Will any of the detectors from solorbotics work? Thanks in advance.
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R2d2 Ideas

R2d2 Ideas

check out the video...its awesome...and this dude is using a crappy little r2d2. imagine that on our hasbro artoos that are much bigger......so awesome, im hacking mine up tonight. all the ligths...