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Electromagnet For EZB

Has anyone added an electromagnet on an EZB.  I don’t want to throw power across a coil as I don’t want to burn out EZB.   I see some arduino controller electromagnets on Amazon for $10 perhaps a skill for this in ARC?  https://www.amazon.com/KEYESTUDIO-Electric-Lifting-Solenoid-Electromagnet/dp/B09B7BQ62W

Footpath Keep Assist

If you have driven any modern car they have a lane keep assist function.  Essentially it will just follow the lines on the road and stay in the lines.  My robot works quite well with NMS in enclosed areas and avoids objects etc but when it gets out in the open on the footpath you have to manually steer it to move between locations. It would be...

Windows Performance

Latest rock pi x installed windows and followed instructions but antivirus still appears in security settings even though I renamed the windows defender directory.  I noticed there was another one called Windows Advanced threat protection.   Also antimalware is running consumes a lot of ram as well can't stop process. I assume this is another...

Motion Tracking Anyone Know Where Glyphs Are?

Hi I wanted do motion tracking so my Drone would follow another moving object.  I tried colour tracking (all the usual choices) and I tried object tracking but really doesn't work very well as object is always moving and outdoor lighting messes up colour tracking (Worked well in doors) so I was  going to just try the old glyph tracking.  The...

SMS Integration

Hey Community, Has anyone connected EZ-B using text messaging.  I have a project where I need to send commands to and from the robot using SMS.  Was wondering if there is already something out there before I start.  Move servo. MMS a photo back to phone etc.  I figured I could probably use twillio IFTTT etc Scenario is No Internet EZ-B is out of...

Siri Short Cuts

Anyone had a play with Siri short cuts yet. My logic is IFTTT, not currently supported but I found this article https://www.macstories.net/ios/how-to-trigger-ifttt-applets-with-ios-12s-new-shortcuts-app-and-siri/

Ideas For Robots In Schools

I have been thinking about @DJ focus on schools and robots in education. The obvious benefit is kids learn about robotics but this is a change in curriculum for schools so is a hard sell. I was wondering if there is benefit in focusing on how robots can help with existing curriculum. The idea of JD as a teachers assistant I think would resonate...

Wireless Charger

Has anyone made a wireless charger yet. use / charge / use / charge is getting a little tiresome and it is just my first week with ez-b. Logic is JD Humanoid (or your build of choice) looks around when battery is flat finds a Glyph (that points in direction to head) and then goes to the home Glyph and parks with coil on breast plate and wireless...

Mqtt Ssl/Tls Or Token Connection

Anyone had any success using SSL or TLS certs or Tokens with MQTT to connect to cloud service providers. I can set up a basic mosquito service to connect but not sure how to go about connecting to third party based systems with some form of authentication.

Newbie Needs Some Advice

New to Ez-B and feeling my way. Picked up JD Humanoid on Friday so I figured I would share experiences to date. I also got a dev kit for spares. Using an apple mac with a VM for Windows, Couple of challenges with network timeouts, cam connection etc,. Powered on JD and had a jittery servo (support said would replace), used one from the dev kit as a...