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Question On A Tread I Can't Find - Robot Follows You Using Ir Sensors

Hello all, A while back someone had made a robot base that followed him. I believe they used IR sensors. I have looked through most of the posts but I really do not remember who or what the topic was, does anyone remember? I am looking to try using IR and Ping sensors for my robot to follow me. Thx
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I Hereby Dub The The Fish Bowl, Or The People Aquarium

I Hereby Dub The The Fish Bowl, Or The People Aquarium

Speaking of the glass conference room that is... I personally always liked The People Aquarium... Anyway, thank...
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How Cool Would This Be For A Moving Base?

How Cool Would This Be For A Moving Base?

I just stumbled upon this while I was supposed to be working... blush I think this would rock as a moving base for your bot! My biggest...
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Editor For Http Server (Custom)?

@DJ Sures (or anyone else who has a good suggestion) I am trying to create a custom web page, and none of the free WYSIWYG HTML editors I tried will properly render the AJAX buttons. I don't mind paying something (although not a lot) for an editor that will work if there isn't a free one, but I don't want to buy without KNOWING that it will work....
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Software For Creating Robo-Bits In

Hi, I am running a project next week designing a dozen AdventureBots with a group of students we have access to an array of 3D printers and want to allow students to design and build add-ons. What is the simplest software to bring in the clip and extend it into something cool - jousting spear for instance. Thanks Paul
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Date-Time Question

@ DJ_Sures What exactly does CDateTime() do? I thought it converted a date-time string into a standard time stamp (a double) but that does not appear to be the case. Thanks
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Wifi Connection Question

Wifi Connection Question

I have used my JD robot with my Android device without issue in the past, but today when I make the connection to the EZ-B wifi and enter the IP address 192.168.1.1:23 I...
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Servo Recorder Error

Servo Recorder Error

I just downloaded the 7/17 release and my servo recorder is broke. It might have been broke before i updated but unsure. I did notice its located in two places servo/and plugins?!...
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Backlight Lcd Project Omnibot 2000 Robot

Hello, everyone, I saw on the forum that it was possible to backlight the LCD screen of a Omnibot 2000, so I disassemble my robot Omnibot 2000 to access the LCD screenshot, but I do not see how I can do ? quelquin can you give me information on the subject (in French if possible), has cordially thank you eric
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Script For Robot's Age

I know this topic came up once or twice before to script a method so your robot could know it's age. I first scripted a process in PowerShell to come up with the exact age from a given birthday for your robot, but I wanted to script it in ARC and I didn't want to make a plug in (I know that idea got tossed around before). I just wanted something...
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Connection Questions

Connection Questions

am having problems connecting to v4 keep getting this report Quote:21/03/2015 15:22 - Attempting connection on 192.168.1.1:23 21/03/2015 15:22 - Connected to 192.168.1.1:23...
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ARC On Raspberry Pi With Windows 10

Hey :-) Is it possible tu run ARC on a raspberry pi (2) with windows 10?