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Inverse kinematics for Robotis OpenManipulatorX: compute joint angles and MoveTo 3D (cm) positions, supports camera-to-CM mapping for pick-and-place.

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Sabertooth Movement Panel Question

Sabertooth Movement Panel Question

Greetings everyone.. I have the sabertooth 2x60 motor controller hooked up and accepting commands in simple serial mode to my v4 EZB.  Problem is the...
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Arduino Motor Shield With Iotiny

Arduino Motor Shield With Iotiny

Is it possible to connect a motor shield like an Arduino A000079 Motor Shield to the iotiny to control a pair of DC motors? If so, how would it be wired?
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The Receptionist

Hi Guys, iam planing to put my ongoing build (inmoov) into the hallway of our office (with the idea in mind to motiviate my supervisors and maybe build up our own robotics department - someday) Therefore I would like to code a little more sophisticated script. As Iam a total newbie to Synthiam i could need some ideas on how to start, especially if...
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Can Someone Spot The Error In My Code?

Can someone tell me why I am getting this error? I must be going code blind or I found a bug. ARC version 2020.05.18.00 Error on line 4: Missing ) in Expression $HumanSaid = "birds can fly" $Sentence = $HumanSaid $xCount = 0 repeatwhile(contains($Sentence, " ")) $xStrLength = Length($Sentence) $xIndex1 = IndexOf($Sentence,...
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EZ Script: Servospeed (Servoport, Speed) Without Any Effect

Hi Guys, coming from My Robotlab iam very happy with the way this software works, awesome. To start Iam trying to move a few servos with EZ-Robot script and a Arduino Mega. Connecting worked suprisingly well and i can move the servo to any position, however i cant change the speed. I used pin2 (PWM) and regular digital pin22 both show no interest...
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Creating A Simple Robot Brain

Building on Justin's thread on creating a brain. There are many ways to create artificial intelligence and this is just what I have come up with using the tools ARC has currently available. I have designed my project to be Service/Agent based. When the Robot is powered up the connection script launches the init script. ControlCommand("Script...
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ARC Software For Deployment

We purchased an EZ-Robot product last year and deployed the ARC app to a lab of computers (using the ARC.msi and a group policy). Recently the teacher has opened a ticket as the app no longer works- I believe we need to install the ARC software which I have done on a couple of PCs to test, however I can only find the ARC.exe Can you please provide...
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ARC Startup Screens-How To Remove?

Question. Im now using ARC finally. When ARC loads, there is a"tips&tricks" window that first appears, which I have to click to close, then a Bookmarks window appears, which I also have to click to close before the program continues on. How do I stop these two windows from showing up? Thats the question. I dont see any comfiguration...
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How To Use Javascript For Saving Data Through UART Port?

How To Use Javascript For Saving Data Through UART Port?

Hi I need some help with "Terminal EZB" panel under general skills. I have got a few sensors added...
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Help! Camera Won't Start!

So, after I'd connected to my robot I pressed the start button on the camera device but, nothing happened. I'd checked my robot and it was all right. I just can't find the problem. What is it and what should I do?
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Configure Arduino Neopixel Ring

Hello all, it’s been to long since I setup a Arduino uno with a neopixel ring.  I looked at David Cochran’s tutorial But keeps failing.  Is they a new version of Arduino to use and the scripts? i believe Perry May know the steps, but if anyone else knows please share details.  I’m will be using the iotiny to control the .neopixel rings.  Idealy  I...
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How To Write A Code To Save The Servo Data As Text With Timestamps?

How To Write A Code To Save The Servo Data As Text With Timestamps?

Hi I am trying to write a code for JD Humanoid where I can track the data coming from...