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Can A Single Fisher Price Motor Be Controlled With An Ez B?

I am very new to EZ Robot. I have an EZ Robot kit. I'd like to hack an old toy a Fisher price ride on car that is powered by a single motor. I think 6 v. Would I need an Hbridge for this? If so which one? Or is there another way to connect and control this motor? I'm considering taking the handle bars off and glue/screw a servo to the steering...
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Quit From Window 10

Hi DJ, I just brought new tablet (Microsoft Surface Pro) for ARC. But the ARC sometimes to quit from the program when it is running. And I can't change the text from "hello world" in the "blocky". But I switch to "script", it can change and type normally. Would you help? The new tablet requirement as below: Microsoft...
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Dont Understans This.All Moves Are Slow

Dont Understans This.All Moves Are Slow

ez builder is getting more and more diff to understand for me. all move i make are slow,in every setting i try,they keep slow. i like the...
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Jd Robot Servo Failures

Having received a JD Humanoid Robot (in U.K, via RobotShop, Paris, France) in August 2017 I have had two complete servo failures and I am suspicious of the design of other servos in this JD. Both the Left Ankle and the Left Knee servo failed, by "jittering" backwards & forward uncontrollably. Obviously JD could not stand up with this...
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Another Tutorial ?

Another Tutorial ?

are there any other tutorial that says where the HDD servo's go in the, jd kit?this tutorial does not show how to calibrate. jd tutorial
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4-1 Sensor Noise

Hi Everyone, I am attempting to use the 4-1 Sensor in my Roli project. The 4-1 like all similar sensors I am familiar with outputs a lot of noise. I am using a script that gets multiple samples and then averages the results. This cuts down the erratic nature of the data but degrades the ability to sense a deviation in the process. Any help here?...
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Speech Recognition Database

I tried to get an answer to this question in the past but I think I never clarified what I wanted to do properly. I will try to explain with a simple example. 1. There are 10 objects or faces programed to be recognized by a camera. (a specific variable) One face is recognized. (x variable) This opens a specific database so the speech recognition...
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Building A T1

Building A T1

Is it possible to build a T1 Terminator
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No Wait For Motion Statement In Blockly

No Wait For Motion Statement In Blockly

Hi, I want to use blockly to do simple motion capture and tweet the photo to my twitter account. There are "Wait for Color",...
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Plugin Bing Speech Recognition

Hi, Why the plugin Bling Speech Recognition cannot easy to recognize my voice command? But built in Voice Recognition function can recognize my voice about 95% in EZ4B.
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Are Magnets Dangerous To The Ez-B?

Are Magnets Dangerous To The Ez-B?

Me and some friends are trying to make this BB-8 on Instructables and put an EZ-B in it. Right now I'm concerned about putting the chip and batteries in...
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Missing A Ez Robot

Missing A Ez Robot

hi i see a robot is missing in the downloads.the one with the feets&wheels ?