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While programming your robot, these 9x7 inch personalized mouse pads deliver a smooth experience with a custom flair....
Indoor Positioning System by Synthiam
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Indoor Positioning System

The indoor positioning system is a combination of IR transmitter and IR dual camera receiver. The IR transmitter is mounted on your robot,...

Bob's Inmoov by bhouston
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Bob's Inmoov

Ive always wished I had started a Project Showcase type of thread when I started running my InMoov robot with EZ-Robot. So Im going to start...

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Connecting Two EZ-B V4

I am working on a project that involves two EZ-B controllers: an EZ-B V4 and an IoTiny. I have successfully configured the IoTiny to operate in Access Point (AP) mode, and it connects without any issues. My goal is to connect the EZ-B V4 in client mode, using the IoTiny as the server. I am utilizing a WiFi dongle for the IoTiny (referred to as WiFi...
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How To Detect If Sound Is Played Though The PC Sound Board And Run A Script

How can I detect if sound is being played through the PCs sound card and then execute a script in Synthiam ARC? The Sound Servo Skill doesnt seem to provide an option to trigger a script. Im looking for a way to monitor audio output and initiate a script based on sound activity. Any guidance on how to achieve this within the ARC environment would...
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Wheel Counting With Arduino

Hello @Athena, Could you please review the following code that I am using on my Arduino Mega 2560 to count motor pulses? I am encountering an issue with the output on the Serial Monitor. cpp int encoderValue_A = 0; int encoderValue_B = 0; void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); pinMode(2, INPUT); pinMode(3, INPUT);...
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Some More Encoder

Some More Encoder

DJ hi,  I am getting some weird map results in Better Navigator using the encoder counter skill. Using a Roomba via PC COM port and for Level #3 Group #2, I taped into Roomba encoders...
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How To Use Different Voices

@Athena How do I add new better voices for speech synthesis? The 2 defaults are pretty bad.
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Does Arc Recognize ADXL345 Accelerometer?

Hello everyone i am in the planning phase of a robot build, it has a 2dof head and 2dof right and left arm and 1dof base rotation. I was wondering if an off-the-shelf accelerometer like ADXL345 be used to control those servos? They make ADXL345 accelerometers that already have a type c port which would make it easy to plug into a computer. I was...
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Javascript For Setting A Timer Or Alarm Through Bing Speech Recognition

Javascript For Setting A Timer Or Alarm Through Bing Speech Recognition

I would like to develop two JavaScript scripts that can be initiated using the...
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Installing Python Modules

Installing Python Modules

I tried following the instructions at https://synthiam.com/Support/python-api/add-custom-python-modules but ran into issues so I uninstalled ARC and reinstalled. So...
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How Can I Install A Python Library In ARC?

How Can I Install A Python Library In ARC?

Hi Athena, I added a Script to my ARC project and selected Python as the scripting language. When I tried to use the import asyncio...
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Control Servos From Outside Of ARC

Hi Athena, Is it possible to control the servos connected to the controller board of the EZ-InMoov robot head using a Python script running outside of the ARC environment? I am interested in integrating external Python code with the ARC software to manage servo movements. Thanks, Satish
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Using A Cloned Voice TTS

Using A Cloned Voice TTS

Has anyone experimented with using Hugging Faces F5-TTS for voice cloning? You can explore it here: Hugging Face F5-TTS. Ive been on the lookout for a reliable voice...
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How To Move A Servo 360 Using Blocky With Time

How To Move A Servo 360 Using Blocky With Time

I would like to control a 360-degree continuous rotation servo using Blockly in Synthiam ARC, specifying the duration of...