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Will These Be Available At Robotshop.Ca?

Does anyone know if these servos will be available at robotshop.ca? https://www.ez-robot.com/Shop/AccessoriesDetails.aspx?prevCat=9productNumber=13 www.ez-robot.com/Shop/AccessoriesDetails.aspx?prevCat=9productNumber=13
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Lipo Battery Auto Cut Off

Lipo Battery Auto Cut Off

Something Ive been looking at since I undervoltaged one of my LiPo batteries is an auto cut off circuit when it gets below around 6.2v I think this will do it but could...
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Humanoid Shoulder

I re-callibrated the shoulder on the Humanoid. I connect the robot and it is in the correct ready position. I have it perform one of the preprogrammed commands (ex sit) and the right shoulder will not demonstrate full range. When the robot finished its command, the right shoulder in no longer in the ready position. The arm sticks out. The clip is...
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Robot Shop Servo Version

Robot Shop Servo Version

Can anyone confirm what version of the EZ Robot servos ship from the Robot Shop? Im looking for an HHD standard servos local outlet. The shipping from China takes too long...
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Heads-Up Competition For Our Beloved Ez-Robot

Being the collector of robots that I am, Im on more than a few mailing lists. I just got an email from the co-founder of Sphero announcing a robot for everyone platform: Misty https://www.mistyrobotics.com/ Granted, shes not a cheap date! But the sales pitch says things like easy to program, share your ideas and other things that weve enjoyed since...
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Imac And ARC-Software

Hello, as far as I see, the last information given in the forum concerning the use of the ARC Software with an IMac is 6 years old. Therefore I would like to know, if meanwhile exists the possibility to use the ARC Software directly with an IMac or if this option is planned for the near future? Kind regards, Alexander
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Wondering

Wondering

My project is doing some very weird things with the speech recognition. If I post my project this evening would anyone mind taking a peek at it? Thanks. Chris
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Acknowledging Work

Ive just completed a series of user studies with some of my master students, the analyses of which will be part of their theses. In the studies we used the EZ-Robot along with some plugins developed by the community, for example the Watson and Kinect plugins, made available by @ptp. Im wondering how to acknowledge the work made available by...
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How Do I Use A Servo Control Board To Operate A Linear Actuator?

How Do I Use A Servo Control Board To Operate A Linear Actuator?

Hi All, if you are using a 12vdc linear actuator without feedback and you use a servo...
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ARC Error Message And Crash

Ive tried multiple times to install ARC on a high end windows 10 machine so I can set up JDs servo profile but every time I try to load the JD project I get the following error: Error at loading of ippSP library No DLLs were found in the Waterfall procedure Then the program just crashes. lovely! How do I create servo profiles and get it onto an...
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Six Run Time On Battery Pack From Online Store

Im designing a hexapod for my son that will have one more axis per leg than Six. A total of 18 servos. Can anyone tell me average run time for six with the standard 1400 ma battery pack from the online store. I can round up to figure out the size of pack I need. Thanks in advance.
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Reproduction Tomy Omnibot Jr/Omnibot/Omnibot 2000 Robot Tire Sets For Sale

For those who may not have read my Omni2k wheels thread, I am now offering reproduction tires for sale for the Omnibot Jr, Omnibot and Omnibot 2000 robots. Tires are sold in sets, available in a variety of colours and are available worldwide. Please checkout my ebay listing for details. Reproduction Tomy Omnibot Jr/Omnibot/Omnibot 2000 robot tire...