Profile Picture

Luis Vazquez

Country: USA
Member Since:

I have been a software developer over 2 decades now. I really love where DJ is going with this and feel a senior developer may be an asset to this community. I can be contacted on Skype using

Achievements

  • 2013-04-21 - joined Synthiam
  • 2014-02-21 - joined your first forum discussion
  • 2014-06-25 - created first new question
  • 2014-06-30 - answered a forum question
  • 2014-07-27 - attempted to help a fellow robot builder
  • 2014-08-02 - posted a robot project showcase
  • 2014-08-02 - shared your first photo in the forum
  • 2014-08-08 - connected ARC to the cloud
  • 2014-08-11 - posted your first tutorial
  • 2014-08-11 - shared your first video in the forum
  • 2014-09-08 - created a custom avatar
  • 2018-05-02 - used the Bing Speech Recognition to convert spoken speech into text
  • 2019-04-01 - used the Cognitive Vision Service to have the robot describe what it sees
  • 2019-04-01 - used Cognitive Face Service to have your robot learn and remember faces
  • 2019-04-01 - used the Cognitive Emotion Service to have a robot detect your emotion

Latest submissions

question
Servo Burning Out

Servo Burning Out

I was showing my wife for the first time how to position Six. and as we were working on it. I smelled that electrical smell you get what things are not going right. looked down and the...
question

Anthony-Xlrobots

Anthony-XLRobots: if you find this post can you try to contact me . I have decided to jump in to the 3d printing as well. I really respect you and have high regard for you advise. My email is HippiegeekBook@gmail.com if its free to you , you can call 931 - 368-4190 . Ask for Hippie.
question

Free 3D Sensor Seminar

I partner of mine that I worked with robotics with over the past 10 years sent me this. Thought I would share it with you guys. Make no mistake its going to be a sales pitch , but you never know what you might learn along the way. COMPLIMENTARY 30 MINUTE WEBINAR: An introduction to using 3D sensors for inspection applications In this webinar, our...
question
Microsoft And Arduino

Microsoft And Arduino

It’s a special day for the Makers’ community. Massimo Banzi is in San Francisco attending Build Conference, the biggest developer event of the calendar year for Microsoft and...
question

Selling Ezb Kits

I have 1 x EZB Six Robot kit complete in brand new condition. 300.00 USD OBO 1 x EZB JD Complete kit in brand new condition. 350.00 USD OBO 1 X EBb3 Developers Kit... complete 60.00 USD OBO All have been used but are in prime condition.
question

Speakrss To Ezb4

Is there an updated command to read rss to the ezb4 speaker?
question
Wife Is Getting New Measuring Cups And Spoons, What Does This Have To Do With Ro

Wife Is Getting New Measuring Cups And Spoons, What Does This Have To Do With Ro

Ha haha we fell in love with them. ThinkGeek Link to...
question
Muscle Wire

Muscle Wire

I found this ,, I know its a toy but I do think one can learn a bit about this tech for cheep this way. Has anyone else looked at Muscle wire? to similar tech? muscle wire hand
question

Can We Get More Virtual Ports?

Hello EZ-Robot Team.. We now have virtual ports for storing servo info in. But they only go to 19 ,, now that we have more ports can we get that extended to match the ports. I have some script that will need to store and recall the positions of servos after a selected task is complete. Thanks in advance for all your awesome help! Also if anyone is...
question

Help With Strings

Hello all, I am working on a script and have worked out all the logic using arduino code and again in VB.net using sdk. I was wanting to put the script in EZ-Script code but can seem to get what I thought would be the easiest thing working. so here goes. $sent = This is a test of something for the robot to say. lets say you have this String Var. I...
question

Is There An Sequence To Escape / When Using In A String For Path Vars?

example This is ok $BasePath = G: but this gives error $BasePath = G:/ it is because of the / , im asuming is being used as an escape char in Ez-Script. is there a way to escape this?
question
The Dragontear Robot Evolution Mad Lab

The Dragontear Robot Evolution Mad Lab

Stuff coming soon......
question
Vision Tracking With Jd

Vision Tracking With Jd

Hey guys.. here is a quick video of jds cam and using it for reading stuff. hope you enjoy
question
Turn A Sure Compass Into A Bluetooth Compass

Turn A Sure Compass Into A Bluetooth Compass

Hello gang! I had an idea this morning and put together this little project. I have a few Sure Compasses around and wanted to see...
question

Application Start Up Help

I know this is probably simple but i cant find it. I have an project that uses ezbits. when i open the project it prompts for assembly instructions. How to get this to stop. Also when loading a project from a short cut. the ARC does not prompt from calibration file. I would be happy if i can just keep the assembly instructions from coming up . It...
question

Can You Set The Video Device Via Ez-Script

I have a little project Im working on that would require JD to take a look and traffic cameras. I have 11 cam in the database. The links look like this. for example this is the link to the riverside drive cam. http://208.88.169.208/jpg/image.jpg? i can put it in the video source and it works fine. I would like to stop the cam , change video source...
question
Possible Engineering Flaw In Jds Head And Neck

Possible Engineering Flaw In Jds Head And Neck

Please see this video community and tell me what you think.
question

Looking For .Net Developers And Alpha Testers

Hello, I an now a Revolution Robot owner.. Wooohoooo.. I am going to be spending some time working on support software for the ARC robot control software. Some of the types of support I have working or in the works are... Send and Receive Emails - Make ARC aware of and able to send emails. Send and Receive social updates (Twitter , Facebook ,...
question

Hello Community

Hello eveyone... I just returned to find some question left .. No , no one on the forums had angered me or anything. I just had some personal stuff going on and checking the site was just making me crazy waiting for the robots to arrive. So I decided to just leave for a bit and focus on a few other projects. Once of which is a platform for...
question
Ezb3,4 To Arduino I2c

Ezb3,4 To Arduino I2c

Hello EZ Robot community. I though since you guys have been so good to me in helping with information need, I would take some time to show you guys what Im doing with my Robotics...
question

Six Revolution

Hello , well this is the month that the Six will ship. I have one on order (pre-Retail). An would like to connect with as many other Six owners as I can. I will post here once Six is in but would like to start making contacts now. So if you have Six and are waiting as I for his arrival please post here so I can try to form a small sub community for...
question

Im Out

Guys and Gals , Im out. I do not belong to this community. I will return when I am an EZ Robot owner.
question
Awesome Fabricator

Awesome Fabricator

I dont know how many user here are interested is lager stronger robots but even though this dude is not into robotics he is an incredible fabricator and fun to watch. He has video...
question
Ha Ha Ha  Robot Hell Baby

Ha Ha Ha Robot Hell Baby

This is just crazy! hahah
question
Something You May Find Interesting

Something You May Find Interesting

Here is something you may find interesting, I sure did.
question
Love The Smell Of Robot Boxes In The Morning

Love The Smell Of Robot Boxes In The Morning

I love the smell of robot boxes in the morning.
question
Looking At Linear Actuators

Looking At Linear Actuators

Hello , I am looking at getting a linear actuator and it looks to me like i should be able to use a simple motor controler and one of these ( Ebay Link ) Has anyone...
question
A.I Found On Kickstarter

A.I Found On Kickstarter

Wow this is looking good. I hope it can later be incorporated into the robots I will be working on. The buy in price was so low i could not help but go ahead and support...
question

Dynamixel Xl-320

Is anyone here familiar with the Dynamixel XL-320 servos? Im looking at this cute little robot and was wondering if the the ezb-V4 would run these servero. Seems like a good way to get a little bot and some 17 Dynamixel servos at the same time. DYNAMIXEL: XL-320 x 16 DYNAMIXEL: XL-320D x 1 Mini Darwin
question

Spotted Jd

I just found JD on this site EZ-Robot Humanoid Revolution JD Product Code : RB-Ezr-07 They are saying they will get stock about 8-8-2014.! this sounds very promising as hopes for deliveries move on.
question

Dragon Robot

Check out this robot Dragon. I also found this making of video .. well kinda.. but it was neat to see how it was put together.
question

New Product Request

I have an idea for a new Ez Bit. Can you make on of the Extension Cube with a tactile sensor. like a soft touch button mounted under a plastic button cap. So say you hand something off to a claw and want to validate the item . or placement of the bot then you want to just touch to bot to continue the script. it would be nice to have this in an...
question

I Am Getting Excited

I am getting so excited about my ez-robots coming soon! After watching a video post someone had made of a trike type of car for robot to ride, I think I will start building a trike for my in coming bot. Can someone give me the assembled height of the JD Bot? the Width from outer arm to outer arm ?
question
You Guys Are Up Late Tonight

You Guys Are Up Late Tonight

Was just messing on the site a notice a lot of activities.
No general conversations. Click here to start a conversation.
No robot skills. Click here to view the Robot Skill Store.
robot
Luis's I2c Ezb Arduino1 Sensor

Luiss I2c Ezb Arduino1 Sensor

Hello all, I wail back I posted some information on using an Arduino as a I2C Sensor controller to use with the EZB34 I will post this in 3 stages .. Stage one.....
robot
Luis's Jd Is Getting A Car

Luiss Jd Is Getting A Car

Here is my prototype of the JD Shoe box Car. There is more info on how i will use it Here
robot
Luis's Lcd Display For Ezb4 - Using Arduino Mini As Controler

Luiss Lcd Display For Ezb4 - Using Arduino Mini As Controler

Hello again, I have created an LCD Display for the EZB4. This is a very cheep and easy project. You...
robot
Luis's Dt Ezb Weather For Weather Underground Api

Luiss Dt Ezb Weather For Weather Underground Api

I have been using a custom made API handler for my EZ-B projects. After reading a bit on the forums I thought I would make...
robot
Luis's R2d2 Project Ready To Document

Luiss R2d2 Project Ready To Document

Hello all, I have been working for the past 6 months with James V. He has been building the physical R2D2 Model as I have been architecting and...
robot
Luis's Using A Mq-? Sensor With The Ezb4 And ARC

Luiss Using A Mq-? Sensor With The Ezb4 And ARC

Hello everyone.. Again I placed the demo into a video. Hope you enjoy. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
robot

Luiss New Web (Cloud) Based Weather And More

Hello ,, I am testing a new concept in getting information to the robot from the out side world (internet). I have written many programs and put them out into the public domain but have just turned around my whole approach to the issue. Instead of a bunch of programs running on the user desktop I felt a simple web based portal will work much better...
robot

Luiss Dt Ezb Underground Weather Api Muncher

Hello all, I have uploaded a new and final Beta before I put out the first release. Im am working on the documentation at this time but its very self explanatory. The minimum information you need to provide its .. 1 . Host information for your ARC TCP Port and Host IP 2. Your ZipCode 3. A underground weather key , there is a get key button in the...
robot
Luis's Multiple Sensors On One Uart

Luiss Multiple Sensors On One Uart

Ok this is going to be awesome! So here is my Idea: 1 Sure DC SS503V100 Dual Axis Compass . used for robot orientation and also I will snap shot the...
robot
Luis's Using The Sure Dc Ss503v100 With Ezb4 From Ez-Robots

Luiss Using The Sure Dc Ss503v100 With Ezb4 From Ez-Robots

Using the Sure DC SS503V100 with EZB4 from EZ-Robots Using UART Communication We will be using these...
No live robot hacking sessions. Click here to view the past live robot hacks.
No firmwares. Click here to view robot hardware and firmwares.
No 3D printable parts. Click here to view 3D printing robot library.
No features requests.