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Building a Giant 3D Printer 720x350x~400mm Build area

I will have several videos of this project as it comes together Print Area: 720x350x~400mm Build areaPrinter Size: 1040mmx540mmx750mmPower:...

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Assistance With Arduino Mega

Assistance With Arduino Mega

Hello Athena, I attempted to connect my Mega EZB USB to a Raspberry Pi, but ARC running on the Pi is not detecting the port when the EZB is connected. I have tried...
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How To Use Stepper With Inverse Kinematics

@Athena Im using 2 stepper motors for arm shoulder joint of humanoid robot. elbow joint is servo and other joints are serial servo bus servo motors, how to use in the combination of motors in robot arm?. im trying to controlling VR Hand/Controller movement with inverse kinematics.
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How Do I Use Hbridge Movement Panel

How Do I Use Hbridge Movement Panel

i rechecked its not working D9,D10,D11 pls resolve
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Help With Intel Realsense D435i Skill Error In Synthiam ARC

I am attempting to use the Intel RealSense D435i camera with Synthiam ARC and have encountered the following error message. Could anyone provide guidance on how to resolve this issue? Error Details: Starting Intel RealSense D435i... Resolution: 640x480 at 6fps Depth Stream Details: - Field of View (FOV) X: 79.43833 - Field of View (FOV) Y: 63.85521...
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Skills Not Available On Pi's Windows 11

Skills Not Available On Pis Windows 11

, I am currently running Synthiam ARC on a Raspberry Pi, but Ive noticed that it lacks several skills, such as those in the Virtual Reality...
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Raspberry Pi 5 With ARC Installed

@Athena, I am considering installing a Raspberry Pi 5 to function as an EZ-B. My question is, can I also connect an Arduino Mega to this Raspberry Pi, which is already configured as an EZ-B, and control both devices from a Windows PC using Synthiam ARC?
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Can I Use A HLS-LFCD2 Lidar With ARC?

@DJ   Thanks for the Slamtec support. Im working with a High School Robotics class on a budget.  We found many LIDAR from Hitachi  the HLS-LFCD2 readily available for $20 on ebay  Is it possible to add these to the LIDAR Skill ?
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Is There A Way To Archive A Blockly Block Without Deleting It?

, is there a way to archive a Blockly block without deleting it, similar to using // for comments in JavaScript? This feature would be useful when experimenting with different scripts in Synthiam ARC.
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New JD Built  Camera Locked But Works

New JD Built Camera Locked But Works

I recently assembled a JD robot straight out of the box and opened the example project for JD, which includes 12 controls. I completed the servo...
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Lidar A3m1 Error

Hi, I am using the RPLidar A3M1, but it is not functioning as expected. The system displays the following message: Timeout set for 2000ms RPLidar SDK: 2.0.0 Slamtec SDK: 2.1.0 Connected to COM13 @ 256000 Model: 43 Hardware Version: 113 Firmware Version: 7824 Serial No: 9B291C7164E72B13E0CF5E303CE92B13 Motor Ctrl Supported: False Health: , Code 7209...
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ARC Shortcut Creator

ARC Shortcut Creator

Does Shortcut Creator work in ARC? The Create Shortcut and Copy file path to clipboard are both greyed out and not clickable Thanks Steve
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Noob Looking To Connect A Bot

Noob Looking To Connect A Bot

Hello All, I am just starting out with robotics and need guidance on the next steps. I have a third-party TurtleBot that is based on a Raspberry Pi (RPi). It...