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Query NMS lidar scan data by angle, with control commands for range, arc extremes, and obstacle...
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Slamtec Lidar driver for ARC; scans 360° and publishes distance data to NMS for mapping, obstacle...
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Converts Xbox 360 Kinect depth frames into NMS obstacle scans for ARC path planning, SLAM, and...
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Deprecated: reads latitude, longitude, UTC time and speed from ublox NEO-6M GPS; auto-inits UART0@9600, shows processed and raw data.
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Quadruped robot nearing completion: installing servos for head motion and refining gait to improve walking performance.
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Dynamixel's Crazy Hold
Anyone who is serious about professional servos should check out Dynamixels. I say professional because they are way overpriced. But, They now sell a $49 version that fits the...
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PhG |
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Anyone Looking For New Ideas For Diy Robots?
I found this article with some interesting concepts for home robots based on the Amazon warehouse Kiva robots spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/inside-ticktocks-consumer-robot-product-explorations
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faengelm |
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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=9&productNumber=13 www.ez-robot.com/Shop/AccessoriesDetails.aspx?prevCat=9&productNumber=13
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3dGuy |
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Lipo Battery Auto Cut Off
Something I've been looking at since I undervoltaged one of my LiPo batteries is an auto cut off circuit when it get's below around 6.2v I think this will do it but could...
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rhkean |
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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...
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michele.pratol… |
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Robot Shop Servo Version
Can anyone confirm what version of the EZ Robot servos ship from the Robot Shop? I'm looking for an HHD standard servos local outlet. The shipping from China takes too long...
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Nomad 6R |
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Heads-Up Competition For Our Beloved Ez-Robot
Being the collector of robots that I am, I'm 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, she's not a cheap date! But the sales pitch says things like "easy to program", "share your...
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fxrtst |
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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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thetechguru |
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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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kamaroman68 |
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Acknowledging Work
I've 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. I'm wondering how to acknowledge the work made available by...
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larschrjensen |
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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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cem |
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ARC Error Message And Crash
I've tried multiple times to install ARC on a high end windows 10 machine so I can set up JD's 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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Dave Schulpius |