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Camera Control Snapshot File Name

I have a script to command my robot to take a picture, after it takes the picture I have it open the folder location the picture went to so I can manually check the picture which works just fine. #This opens the folder where the picture was saved Exec(C:\Users\weyou_000\Pictures\My Robot Pictures) What would be even cooler is if I could open...
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Batteries Not Charging

I have plugged the battery in to charge multiple times following instructions, and it always flashes red. I cant tell whats wrong and the bot wont even turn on after leaving it plugged in for a few minutes. Not sure how to fix it.
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Myo Armband

Hi everyone, Ive been trying to connect the myo to my ez robot, JD and for some reason I cant get it to work. The myo is functioning properly on its own. It picks up on all the movement and gestures, however, when Im using ARC, the myo control panel barely picks up any of my gestures. Its picked up about 3 gestures over hundreds of tries. Ive tried...
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Norton Security Threats Detected

Norton Security Threats Detected

I received a Threats Detected notification from Norton Security on my PC that identified the compressed files b7ec29e.msi and ez-builder installer.msi as...
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Multi Colour Tracking

Would appreciate if someone could direct me to a sample script for multi colour tracking ,where each colour detected would carry out a specific task. Thank you
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Initial Build

Hi This is a pretty basic question but cant seem to find the answer. Ive got my new JD robot and looked at the instructions to build it and the first instruction says: Connect Left Shoulder to Servo port D3 Connect Right Shoulder to Servo port D2 how do i know which wire coming out of the chest is left shoulder and right shoulder? there doesnt seem...
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Ez-B + Arduino And Power

Ez-B + Arduino And Power

Hello all, I am working on a BB-8 and I want to use the Ez-B as the brains. I have wired up an arduino to take care of talking to the various LEDs in the head. But right...
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Revolution Roli Rover Robot

Hi, I,am a total novice and I have just purchased the Roli Rover Robot .I have followed all of the tutorials but have the following issues: (1) I can get all functions to operate except for the tracks and camera picture. I have checked the wiring instructions as in the tutorial which seem ok but the tracks do not move. (2) One of the three servos...
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Speech Settings

Speech Settings

I upgraded my system to Windows 10 and now in the Speech Settings control only female voice sounds are available. Is there a way to get male voice sounds or is this something Microsoft did?...
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Brookstone 50% Off Ez Servos And Other Bits

I was about to order a couple of servos from the EZ store, but was shocked to see how much the shipping was from China. More than the cost of two servos. So i did a quick search and found Brookstone is offering buy one get one free on certain bits, ie servos orientation sensor etc. I ended up doubling up the servos for the same price from the EZ...
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Help , Learning Content / Activities For Stem Type Education/ Workshops

Background info. At my employer we have many workshops to teach kids about electricity already. Last year we had 286 workshops and over 13,000 kids attend. https://epb.com/community/professor-gig-a-watt I am looking for help and starter content for learning to make this proposal. I work for a internet/ fiber optics/ electric company and we get to...
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Change Default Ip Shown In Connect Box In Connection Control

Id like to change the default IP shown to that of my robot so I dont need to enter it every time. Didnt find any help or posts on this topic