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ptp

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GW-BASIC Sr Developer ### Computer: sinclair zx spectrum ### Robot: Coupe R2 Dice Ultra >>> e mail: tiago.private AT g m a i l.com <<<

Achievements

  • 2014-06-16 - joined Synthiam
  • 2014-06-16 - created first new question
  • 2014-09-13 - joined your first forum discussion
  • 2015-11-15 - connected ARC to the cloud
  • 2015-12-14 - shared your first photo in the forum
  • 2015-12-22 - attempted to help a fellow robot builder
  • 2016-02-02 - answered a forum question
  • 2016-02-19 - created a custom avatar
  • 2016-04-19 - shared your first video in the forum
  • 2016-05-20 - posted a robot project showcase
  • 2019-03-25 - used the Bing Speech Recognition to convert spoken speech into text
  • 2019-11-19 - used the Cognitive Emotion Service to have a robot detect your emotion
  • 2020-11-27 - used Cognitive Face Service to have your robot learn and remember faces

Latest submissions

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How To Use T265 With A Lidar?

How To Use T265 With A Lidar?

Hello guys. Im trying to setup a base template project to use T265 and Lidar Plugins.  Can someone share a project or scripts to navigate and use the Lidar data...
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Jd Humanoid Robot Controlled By Kinect

Jd Humanoid Robot Controlled By Kinect

This is a video of JD being controlled by a Kinect, I still need to to fix some discrepancies. <div class="embed-responsive...
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Another Home/Social Robot Aido

Déjà vu ? same price point $700 same type of funding same markets https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aido-next-gen-home-robot--2#/ differences: different design (a spinning ball) creative ? from the picture uses 2 raspberry PIs plus the android tablet you can add a projector for 199 can they deliver ? it seams surreal the prices and the features...
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Asus Zenbo Robot

another robot coming to the market... Asus Zenbo Robot, similar to Buddy... same price range $600 Android Tablet on wheels. https://www.engadget.com/2016/05/30/asus-zenbo-robot/ Marketing video: <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item"...
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Man Down. Wait Robot Down

Man Down. Wait Robot Down

<a href="/uploads/user/2B1D28F2F5CE67940FB6592880013B63/ManDown-636785864030475866.png" target=_blank><img class="img-fluid pt-1 pb-1"...
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Please Update ARC Desktop Third Party Library

@DJ, Q) Can you please update the ARC Desktops Newtonsoft.Json assembly aspa ? Current version is 9.x and contains a nasty json bug. It seems (guessing) is only used with the Nest control. Please<img src=/images/emoticons/smiles.svg alt=:) class=emoji />
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Camera - Camera Snapshot - Wrong Width/Height

@DJ, A clean project with two controls: Camera Device and Camera snapshot. 1) Camera Device using EZR camera V2, 640 x 480 size. I take a snapshot and the picture size is 320 x 240 2) Camera Device using a USB camera, 640 x 480 size I take a snapshot and the picture size is 640 x 480. I would like to take 640 x 480 snapshot pictures using the EZR...
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Ezr Camera V2 - 640X480 Image Broken

Ezr Camera V2 - 640X480 Image Broken

EZ-Builder is running the last version. Tried with an empty project and camera object. <a...
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Ezb - Uart 0 Not Working

Ezb - Uart 0 Not Working

DJ/Jeremie EZB4 v2 (MXCHIP) UART 0 is not working please advise ? Connection Information: <a...
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Iotiny Firmware Upgrade Yes Or No ?

Iotiny Firmware Upgrade Yes Or No ?

@DJ, First time with Iotiny ... firmware versions: Iotiny Firmware update tool: <a...
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Elseif Is Broken

Elseif Is Broken

@DJ, The ElseIf is broken: The code below never stops ! $buffer=&quot;[123 456 789]&quot; $len=Length($buffer) $ix=0 $start=-1 $end=-1 repeatwhile($ix&lt;$len)...
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Function Request - Modulo Operation

@DJ, For the next release, can you please add: 1) Modulus Function e.g. Mod( Number1, Number2 ) OR 2) Modulus operator e.g. Number1 % Number2 I know you can use plugins to add custom functions, but they dont work on mobile applications. Modulus is so versatile and useful deserves a place in EZ-Script. Simple examples: 1) $counter=0 :loop #do...
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Google Home Diy With Raspberrypi

Google Home Diy With Raspberrypi

FIY The MagPI magazine #57 contains a DIY project for a Google Home in a Box: https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/find-the-magpi-57/ <a...
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Controlcommand Error: Unknown Command For This Window: Scriptstart

I cant start Http Server using the code below: ControlCommand("HTTP Server", ScriptStart) <blockquote class="quote-post"><h4>Quote:</h4> Unknown command for this window: ScriptStart </blockquote>
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Windows 10 Store App

Windows 10 Store App

DJ, I just installed the windows 10 app: but when I launch the app i get the firmware tool: <a...
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Gripper Stall Detection

Gripper Stall Detection

Im looking for a method to stop the gripper servo when holding an object. <a...
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Possible Bug Auto Position Movement

Project: <a href="/uploads/user/2B1D28F2F5CE67940FB6592880013B63/advbot1-636041551577507323.ezb" rel="nofollow">advbot1.EZB</a> The project is based on the Adventure Bot. Changes to help troubleshooting: 1) Added Http Custom Server 2) Added Http Server 3) Added Position Start Script...
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Expression Parser Broken - Length Function

The code below does not work: 1: ClearVariables() 2: $buffer = &quot;foo;bar;quux&quot; 3: $sepPos = 3 4: $len0 = Length($buffer)-$sepPos-1 error: <blockquote class="quote-post"><h4>Quote:</h4> Error on line 4: Operator - invalid for strings. </blockquote> 1st attempt with a different code: 1:...
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Ez-Robot Jd Kit Charger Error - 300Mv Difference Of Voltage

I used the JD as usual until EZB battery low warning. When charging the charger lights blinks six times and stops 1 second, that it repeats the same sequence. In the manual they mention the cause as: <blockquote class="quote-post"><h4>Quote:</h4> There is a 300mv difference of voltage between battery pack....
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Spotmini

Spotmini

All electric, 65lbs/30Kgs, 90 minutes they demo the robot inside a house <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item"...
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Camera Train New Object Learn Area Size

When training a new object the learn area size (red rectangle) is always 80 x 80. Ive tried different resolutions and the rectangle size does not increase. 1) Is there away to increase the learn area size ? 2) When i finish the learning process generates an error: <blockquote class="quote-post"><h4>Quote:</h4> Error...
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Ideas To Attach A Tablet To Ezr Pan/Tilt Servos

Ideas To Attach A Tablet To Ezr Pan/Tilt Servos

I would like to add Pan/Tilt to a Tablet to be the Robot Interface <a...
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Split Does Not Work

This code works as expected: 1: ClearVariables() 2: $Statement = "one,two,three" 3: $token1 = Split($Statement, ",", 0) 4: $token2 = Split($Statement, ",", 1) 5: $token3 = Split($Statement, ",", 2) The code below does not work: 1: ClearVariables() 2: $Statement = "one two three" 3: $token1 =...
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Expression Parser Broken: Boolean Expressions With Negative Numbers

The code below does not work: 1: ClearVariables() 2: $status = -1 3: $retry = 3 4: if ($retry<3 AND $status<0) 5: #do something 6: endif error: <blockquote class="quote-post"><h4>Quote:</h4> Error on line 4: Missing String Quotes or Invalid Expression at index 8: - </blockquote>
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ARC Windows 8.1 No Minimize, No Maximize, No Resize, No Move

ARC Windows 8.1 No Minimize, No Maximize, No Resize, No Move

I have windows 8.1, ive attached a screenshot of the desktop, with ARC open over other windows...
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Feature Request: Opening Another Project, Does Not Ask To Save

What a frustration! I just lost 3 huge scripts, because i just pressed open project to grab some scripts from another project. I expected the ARC to ask if i wanted to save the current project, similar behavior when you try to exit the ARC without saving. i need a break !
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Ez-Script Escaping Specific Characters

Ez-Script Escaping Specific Characters

what i want to do: $pos = IndexOf($buffer, &quot;\n&quot;) this is what i tried without success $pos = IndexOf($buffer, 0x0a) i...
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Filereadall Stops Working

Tested with the last version and the previous version The following code: 1: ClearVariables() 2: $test1 = FileReadAll("c:\dev\test.txt") 3: FileReadClose("c:\dev\test.txt") 4: Print(Length($test1)) Generates an error: <blockquote class="quote-post"><h4>Quote:</h4> Error on line 4: Missing String...
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How To Make Jd Move

Did anyone create Auto position/Actions to make JD move: Step Forward Step Back Turn Left Turn Right 1. Is it possible with the existent servos ? 2. Adding one extra servo to each leg could help ? Cheers
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Jd Camera

I cant get the JD camera to work: <blockquote class="quote-post"><h4>Quote:</h4> 2/22/2016 3:00 PM - Camera Initialized: EZB://192.168.18.51 @ 640x480 2/22/2016 3:00 PM - EZ-B v4 Camera Error: System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: A connection attempt failed because the connected party...
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Iot Customization

Hi, Did anyone customized the wifi/IoT firmware ? can someone share some experiences or feasible ideas ?
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Servo Synchronization: Servospeed Delay Values

Servo Synchronization: Servospeed Delay Values

I need to synchronize the servo movements between a EZ-Script and an external device. ServoSpeed (Dx, speed) The speed is 0 =...
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Another Consumer Robot: Robit

Another Consumer Robot: Robit

They are coming ... robots everywhere. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/robit-the-world-s-most-affordable-home-robot#/ The brain is a Raspberry PI 2. affordable...
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How Zano Raised Millions On Kickstarter And Left Most Backers With Nothing

very interesting story (LONG) Investigation story: http://medium.com/kickstarter/how-zano-raised-millions-on-kickstarter-and-left-backers-with-nearly-nothing-85c0abe4a6cb Zano Project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/torquing/zano-autonomous-intelligent-swarming-nano-drone/description Unbelieveable no one saw a functional device (even the...
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Ez-Sdk Windows / Simple Project Not Running

Im trying to connect to EZ-B through code (Console Application) without success. this is the code: namespace EZConsoleApplication1 { using System; using EZ_B; internal class Program { private static EZB ezb; private static void Main(string[] args) { ezb = new EZB(); Console.WriteLine(&quot;Connecting to EZ-B v4...&quot;);...
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Website Bug: Find A 3D Printer / Contact Form / Send Button Not Working

Webmaster, The contact form available in the url: https://synthiam.com/Community/Revolution/Default.aspx The send button is not working. Thanks
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3D Print With Printrbot

3D Print With Printrbot

Im a 3d printer newbie. Im looking for a 3d printer with a budget <1000 usd, and open consumable materials, i found the Printrbot printers. I have a few questions: 1) How...
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