Technopro's Wall-e Continued

I guarantee everyone has at least 1 failed story, but few let it stop them

I've built my robots arms 3 times already, planning the 4th attempt next week and have plans for a 5th attempt too...

Only earlier today I put the head of mine all back together thinking it was done... Walked in to the kitchen (my workshop) and saw the antenna for the camera lying on the worktop... And the head is complex and tight so I wasn't pleased that I had to take it apart again and make adjustments to accommodate the antenna!..

Wasted a perfectly good, almost new LiPo battery by allowing it to go under voltage.

Cut away all of the top of the neck then found I needed it to house a servo so had to repair a 3" hole with fibre glass.

And countless other minor annoyances

Spare parts are often sourced here, I've just sent Lumpy some parts for his Omnibot and I've seen countless others supply parts so all is never lost.

As for the software, once it's all built and you get on to sorting the software out it's easy. Anything you get stuck with just ask about and I'm sure we can sort it between the lot of us. There's nothing wrong with asking for a helping hand That's why we are all here after all.

When it all gets too much for you take a step back, make a coffee, grab a beer or whatever your vice is and take your mind off it for a while. I find it's those times I come up with my best ideas and solutions.

Edit: Look at post #5 of my hearoid Project and you'll see my attempt at fixing the arm which I cut too short. The repair didn't work very well so that was 2 goes at the arm.

found a bug in ARC. when i was playing with dj's example i screwed up the values and caused it to back up instead of go forward.

but it also did a weird forward, left, forward, left change when i said go forward. it only happens when i have the ez-b connected.

example:

ect.

Was nothing else controlling the movement panel? Such as the personality generator or distance sensors?

Not quite sure what you mean by you screwed up the values. Or what's shown in the screenshots other than the movement panel... Can you elaborate?

i press forward on the movement panel, it randomly changes back and forth from forward to left. it only happens when the ez-b is connected.

also the servos were reversed so it drove backwards.

Oh, so a bug in the project file not in ARC.

The servo direction is pretty simple, your servos are either around the other way or run the other way to those DJ used. Tick the invert box to solve.

The Movement Panel issue sounds like something else is causing it to move. Most probably a radar control or script that is only operational while "moving forwards". If you don't have the ping sensor attached but the control is running it will think there is an object in front of it.

Just complete guesses, I haven't looked at the project at all but it's most likely those.

Your best bet is to start from scratch though, it's also more enjoyable.

radar was paused. that might be the cause.

i took dj's example, played with it. then started adding controls and other things. pretty savy with ez-script.

I will be recreating wall-e's controls to ensure quality. I will be fixing his tracks and arms(arms first) and will most likely have him running by my birthday(June 14, or so that's my goal)

I have 3 1/10 RC trucks laying around in my garage collecting dust. I was suppose to use them with EZ-B and turn out to be more difficult than I thought. I curious to see your R/ project. I bet they will be awsome. Don't give up, put it down relax, do small projects her and there until you are ready for wall-E.