Toymaker

TTS Not Finishing

Hi everyone, I have just dusted off my ALTAIR robot and loaded the latest version of ARC Pro. I then ran the last ALTAIR code, which used to work perfectly. However, I encountered a major problem: virtually all Text-to-Speech (TTS) commands never complete. For example, the phrase "I am ALTAIR robot" only outputs "I am ALTAIR...

Windows 10 Tts Question

Some of you may have seen my recent post and video on the cortana/pandorabot and would have heard the completely horrible TTS voice. This morning I installed a Cereproc voice (Giles) on that PC but got the problem that ARC does see it, but will not actually load the Giles TTS and the awful (slow) Hazel voice continues. I have followed Steve G great...

Unresolved Forum Threads Question

I am now continually getting "nagged" to post that my forum thread "Flaky serial link with v4" has been resolved when it has not. Some things are probably not resolvable and the fact that DJ and Jeramie have never come back with a solution maybe confirms that the serial link can be flakey? I think its pretty poor to have to...

Luna Open Source Ai Demo

A very nice Ai system. www.youtube.com/watch?t=61&v=GeSqLMIKhBA My ARIEL Ai (while not as good as Luna) does similar interactions and uses DNS13 in dictation mode to get any question from the user and then goes to Ai knowledge sites like START to try and find an answer. Tony

Power Bank For Robots

I am going to try one of these power bank unit for the ALTAIR EZ-1 they look like a perfect power source for this class of robot. www.storkz.com/powerall-pbjs12000r.html Specification 12,000 mAh Can supply 200 - 400 amps on a jump start. Weighs only 0.9 pounds (408 grams) Size 6.5 x 2.9 x 1.2 inches 6 hours charge time. Supplied with charger Cost...

Script Writing Questions

DJ, please do not see this as a criticism, I remain one the biggest fans of your great work! Now I am doing extensive script writing for the ALTAIR robots, there are a couple of issues that really slow down my EZ_Builder code writing productivity. The one that really gets me is the EZ-Script Function suggestion box (that I never use) that appears...

Question For Dj On V4 Digital Port Latency

DJ, I wonder if you can help with something that is truly baffling me? The EZ:1 head has 3 PIC microcontrollers and one (the head_master_PIC) controls the 3 PICs and only this one links with the v4. Now without having interrupts on the v4, I had to figure a way of "Flagging" the v4 that data (from the head) needs to be sent to it, so I...

Changing Over To Lifepo4 Batteries

I am now seriously thinking about converting the ALTAIR robots over to LiFePO4 (Lithium polymer) batteries they are expensive but the advantages are so great that I just have to do the conversion! LiFePO4 are far safer that LiPo and less prone to catching fire, they also last for many more charging cycles before wearing out (up to 10 times as...

The Ez-Ai Forum Is Now Up Come And Join The Discussions

David's EZ-AI forum is up and running and anyone that is interested in an AI that integrates with ARC should go over and take a look. Also there are opportunities to suggest new features and development ideas which is very neat. Please visit and join the discussions! You can register to join the forum at cochranrobotics.com EZ-Robot coupled with...

Auto Position Question

Can anyone help me please, I maybe being dumb but I cannot find a way to permanently change the delay in Auto Position it always reverts back to 25 which is infuriating as my smart (Bosch) servos do not like this delay and I have to reset it back to 0 every time I use it (click on the cog icon). DJ, is there any way I can set the delay to 0...

New Robot On Youtube Using Ez-B

I do not know if you have seen this DJ, but another good advert for the EZ-B. For some reason the add Youtube link will not work so here is the URL, which I had to put in quotes before it would work "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-zDi0FCNcc" They remind me of the Androbot Topo robot from the eighties. Tony

Using Multiple Ez-B

I see a number of people here using multiple EZ-B on their robots, if the reason is just running out of port lines and number of servos etc, then there is a really good alternative. Many moons ago, long before the dawning of the EZ-B, the first AIMEC:3 used the SD20 (I2C 20 channel servo driver) chip www.robot-electronics.co.uk/htm/sd20tech.htm...

Aimec Robot On Russian Tv

The AIMEC:3 Robot on Russian TV, the NTV network reaches 100 million viewers across Russia and the former Soviet Union www.ntv.ru/novosti/201684/