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I Make Robots Crew Socks

I Make Robots Crew Socks

Exclusive to robot builders, these are a one-size-fits-all solution up to a men's size 12. The...
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Prevent PC Sleep by Synthiam
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Prevent PC Sleep

Prevents a PC from entering sleep mode via a tiny, resizable control-keeps the system awake while minimizing UI real estate

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DIY Wall-E cardboard prototype with tracks, pan/tilt head and arm, camera eye, LED light, distance & temp sensors, EZ-B power, C# SDK control

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Frozen Shoulder Servo - What Servo Do I Need

Complete newbie here. I have a JD Humanoid and one of the shoulder servos is not responding. I have tried plugging it into another port with no luck and plugged the other shoulder in to check it was the servo and not the port. I took the body apart and can remove the servo in question but what servo do I need to replace it? Rotation? Lever? it is...
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Loomo By Segway

Loomo By Segway

I am about to receive a Loomo robot. I would like to know if there is any way of interfacing to it using a ez robot interface?
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Socially-Assistive Robot (Sar)

Socially-Assistive Robot (Sar)

{First Tine user and First Time question] Developing a Socially-Assistive Robot (SAR) to Engage Persons with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias...
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ARC Mobile Open Source?

hello, is the ARC Mobile an Open Source? like can I take it's code and modify it to include video? because I can put images in it but I don't think I can add videos, right?
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Questions With Video The Robot Program 072 - Adventure Bot And 360 Hdd Servos

Hey Ez Robot, just bringing to your attention that the video titled "The Robot Program 072 - Adventure Bot and 360 HDD Servos" has voice sync and audio problems (seems there is no audio from their mics). I thought it was my browser and tried several different ones on different machines and iphone/ipad. Definitely has issues and prolly...
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Streaming Audio From Other Program Through ARC

Streaming Audio From Other Program Through ARC

Hi all, Has anyone been able to Stream audio triggered from other programs through ARC over wifi to an EZB? I know the PC...
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Ez-B V4 Maximum Voltage

I cant seem to find this info anywhere, what is the maximum safe voltage I can supply the EZ-b controller? I am aware it wont regulate voltage to the servo pins but I wont power my servo's off the ezb as some will not like >6V and others may draw more power than I trust to run through the board. It will have to regulate voltage for it self and...
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3D Model Files Not Working

3D Model Files Not Working

I've been trying to work with the STL files from the official ARC team, but for whatever reason they're downloading as .htm files. The file itself seems to contain STL...
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Google Glass/ Android Based Vr/Ar Goggles? Virtual Reality Robot

Hello, I saw the new plug in and was wondering if this supports the open build where you can use google glass app with a phone or tablet for example. Does this work as a VR/ AR screen? Thanks
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Ibm Watson Services Plugin

Ibm Watson Services Plugin

The IBM Watson Services Plugin created by @PTP currently allows you to perform Speech to Text and Text to Speech as well as visual recognition using Watson Services....
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Another Small Windows Pc For Embedded Computing

Just saw a review for another small computer that look pretty good for embedding in a robot. Currently available for ~$100 US. MakeUseOf.com is doing a giveaway too: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/voyo-v2-windows-10-mini-pc-review-and-giveaway/ Alan
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Controlcommand(Script Manager, Scriptstartwait) -- Just Adding A Bit Of Docume

Thought I'd add this little bit of documentation for using ScriptStartWait with the ScriptManager (my apologies if this is already documented somewhere -- or if this behavior is fixed or different in the most-recent version). The Cheat Sheet helps me choose a script from the script manager like this: ControlCommand("Script Manager",...