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Ice Cream Container = Robot Head

Ice Cream Container = Robot Head

Hi, I just wanted to share an idea I had after eatting all the ice cream. to the left you can see the ice container before I painted. The eye are from a...
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Movie And Tv Bots

Movie And Tv Bots

I thought it might be cool to see pics of bots from movies and TV - some we know very well, but some are more obscure. How about BB from 1986's Deadly Friend: Anyone else have any cool...
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Chat Room Maybe ¿¿¿

Hello was just thinking that a live chat room/page on here could be something to look into setting up im sure it would get used alot i know i would
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Addiction

JW what happened? Crack? "No worse! ROBOTS!" Robosapien V1 red Robosapien V1 green Robosapien V2 steampunked Testbot Cat backhoe toy Buster toy Future ?
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Sound Movements...How To....

Greetings everyone, I would like to add two microphones for left and right, allow my robot to respond to the direction of sound. Can you provide a link to what type of microphone to use with the EZ-B? and also provide an example script. thanks
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Add Sound To The Robot

Hey , i found this https://www.ladyada.net/make/waveshield/index.html looks beter than the mp3trigger . . . or not ??? grts helmut
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Text To Speech Software.

Has anyone found a relatively simple to use TTS that would produce an awesome "Robot" voice?? I have Ultra HAL but it is loaded with glitches. I'd like to be able to change the default voice ( I have Microsoft Anna) to a really nice robot sound. Any help appreciated. Lloyd
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Update On My Ez-Robot

I am just starting with my EZ-Robot. It will be a Wallee. I have most of my function software writen and on the bench at the moment. track servos - arm servos - look left / right servo - look up / down servo - distance sensor /servo Couple of questions are beginning to pick at me. Once I install all this hardware into my Wallee, will I be dependant...
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Sonar Sensor Range And Width / Height

Hi , I'm trying to figure out how far / close the sonar sensor sees. Also how wide /tall is the beam on the sonar at 1 to 3 ft out. I'm thinking of making a moving radar out of the front acessory door of omnibot 2000 base. That's about 7 to 8 inches from the floor.
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Female To Female Servo Cable?

Hello, making tons of progress on the wall-e. To the point i am now getting close to start adding sensors. I purchaed motion detection ir sensors and a 3 pin ping sensor. from radio shack Since i dont have any, and i mean any, soldering skills....can i just use a female to female cable to connect a sensor to the ezb? i found a female cable with no...
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Batteries

Batteries

Hi all, As I read through the forum I notice a few people having concerns about batteries, that said, I have found a solution for powering all my bots including a 19 servo, wireless camera, fan cooled,...
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Question: Two Way Connection?

So I'm looking at the Tutorial videos for my father who is interested in this kit... I see a typical "Linvor" type Bluetooth interface on the board, so I've got a pretty good idea of what to expect from the connection.. (or so I thought.) The instructions indicate to connect the software to the lowest COM port, (Usually the Incoming port...