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Li-Po Battery Questions

I have always followed the instructions in this tutorial about the care and use of Li-Po batteries... but I still have some questions synthiam.com/Community/Tutorials/26?courseId=4 I haved read other several articles that caution about "trickle charging" Li-Po batteries which is why I always disconnect the charger when its done. My...

Anyone Looking For New Ideas For Diy Robots?

I found this article with some interesting concepts for home robots based on the Amazon warehouse Kiva robots spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/inside-ticktocks-consumer-robot-product-explorations

Is There A Way To Run Autorun Script On A Mobile Interface Connection?

I know how to run a "Connection Established Cmd." in the Connection Control in ARC for Windows, but can't find the equivalent for the Mobile Interface. Any ideas on how to autorun a script on conjnection with Mobile device? Regards, Frank

Has Anyone Had Success With Ezb Voice Recognition Listening To A Tts Voice?

I've had success getting EZB to perform speech recognition on my voice and even the voices of my grandkids....BUT I'm trying to get one EZB to recognize the TTS voice of another EZB and have not been successful, i.e. robot to robot verbal conversations I tried different Windows voices and changing speed and emphasis with no success. Even the...

Mobile Connection Init Script?

In the desktop connection control I have set the initial position and speed for servos in a connection script But, in the mobile interface I don’t see a way to do this in the connection control Anyone have an idea of how to have a script run upon connection on a mobile device? Thanks, Frank

Providing Remote Help To Novice Robot Builders

I recently had my 11 year old nephew build an Adventure Bot using the Course materials while he was at my house and setup his Windows 10 tablet with ARC. He had a great time building and testing it here, but was worried about support at home, Of course I showed him all the great learning tools on the EZ-Robot site but I also added Splashtop to his...

Charging Cable Too Short

Why is the charging cable only sticking through the body about 1/4"? This makes it VERY hard to connect the charger. I have to remove the left arm and use needle nose pliers to hold the connector Is there an extension cable?

Replacing Servos In Jd's Foot

I'm upgrading the servos in JD's feet to HDD and I think I remember seeing detailed step by step instructions on how to replace the servos.... but after extensive searching I can't find them Any idea if such instructions exist? Thanks, Frank

Where Can I Purchase The Bv4615 Ir Receiver?

I noticed there is a ARC for Windows control for it under i2c, but I can't find it for sale anywhere Thanks Frank

Size Of The Little Back Screw Holding Wheel On Rotation Servo On Adventure Bot?

Does anyone know the dimensions of this screw? I want to get some longer ones so I can put dual wheels on it Regards, Frank

Confirmation Of Control Deletion

Feature request... please add a confirmation when deleting a control from a project. Thanks, Frank

Use Grid Lines Not On By Default In Jd Example?

I'm using the latest ARC for Windows (2017.01.08.00) with a fresh copy of the JD example project. When I enable Red color tracking I get the expected head and arm movements with JD following my MOVING red object.,, very nice! However, when I hold the red object STATIONARY, I found that JD's head continuously scans back and forth as if it can't lock...

Warranty Support On Battery Flipper Power Switch

One of the two battle flippers I recently ordered has a bad power switch that I isolated by using my voltmeter and then a jumper cable to bypass the switch The reason for this post is that I need a URL when submitting a claim Thanks, Frank

Ezb V4/2

What are the improvements of this over the v4? I didn't see anything pointing that out on the products page

Tips For Searching The Community

Is there any way to refine the search other than selecting categories? I've noticed that adding more words e.g. Touch Path Control returns more results than Touch Path Of course, I'm looking for more specific returns rather than more general returns I've tried " " also words like AND to no effect

Change Default Ip Shown In Connect Box In Connection Control

I'd like to change the default IP shown to that of my robot so I don't need to enter it every time. Didn't find any help or posts on this topic

Universalbot Compile Question On Visual Studio 2015

When I open the UniversalBot solution in VS 2015 I get an error message on the App3 project that an update is required When I try to download the update, I'm directed here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/porting/update-your-visual-studio-2015-rc-project-to-rtm This states that the project was compile with the RC verses RTM version of VS...

Battery Replacement Instructions

Please point me at the instructions on how to remove and replace the battery on a JD and Roli

Lever Server-Motor Speed

Is there a way to slow down the speed of the lever arm servos? I found the tutorial on the rotation servo speed adjustment by a screw on the servo

Roboscratch On Ios

I'm running RoboScratch on my iPad and have a couple of basic questions. 1. How do I delete a step once I have created it? I don't want to clear all the steps and start over. 2. How do I move steps around? Drag and drop doesn't work

Where Is The Getting Started With ARC Mobile App Info?

I don't want to build a custom app, just want to use a prebuilt one. I figured out how to do this and to connect and run my JD from my iPad but couldn't find instructions. For example, when I launch the ARC mobile app on my iPad I need to be sure to have an internet connection so that I can download & install the public app. then needed to...

Assembly Instructions

Step 1 of the instructions cover connecting the H-Bridge to the digital ports, but make no mention of which pin of the three pins per port (Black, Red, White) to connect to nor do they mention the red/black pair connection. The next lesson describes in detail how to make all these connections. Shouldn't the "Connecting Roli's Motors (H-Bridge)...

Video Camera Image Quality

I carefully removed the protective plastic yet the image looks unfocused, even at 640*480