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Ultrasonic Sensor On Jd

I have my robotics class working to implement an ultrasonic sensor on their respective EZ-Robots. Each group uses a different type of robot - JD, Six, Roli. Im trying to help out the student with JD, but some of the problems extend to the other robots. First of all on JD, there is no easy way to mount the ultrasonic sensor onto it. I tried...
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Ideas To Attach A Tablet To Ezr Pan/Tilt Servos

Ideas To Attach A Tablet To Ezr Pan/Tilt Servos

I would like to add Pan/Tilt to a Tablet to be the Robot Interface besides the rotation lever servo i will need: ClipnPlay...
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Ezb-V4

Hello, I have an EZB-V4 Wifi Robot Controller that I have not set up yet and every time I go through the wifi settings and try to save new settings it tells me: Cycle power to initialize new settings How would I cycle the power? I cannot seem to find an answer through any other forum on EZ Robot.com I know there must be something small most likely...
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Capture Photos From Camera Stream

Kindly I am having an inquiry about how to use the Camera.GetCurrentBitmap to get the current frame that is shown by a camera device on a PictureBox Control in a C# Form? When I use the C# code to access the current frame from camera stream, to get a captured image, It always give me a NullReferenceException that the Bitmap Object that is returned...
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Compaq/Hp Wifi Connection Questions

Compaq/Hp Wifi Connection Questions

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Regulator Designs? 40V Drop 18V And At Least 15 Amps

Hello All, I am thinking this may be a custom build but I will poke around for help. I need to drop the 40 volts from the main drive batteries to usable voltage for the Sabertooth 2x12a motor controller and also the EZB itself of course. Since these run power to the drive motors I need at least 15 amps of current and I would like to have a buffer...
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How Could I Use Ez Face Detection In My Vs Application

How Could I Use Ez Face Detection In My Vs Application

Hello everyone especially @ptp, I need to know how to use the ez face detection method in my vs app i try this...
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Help Me Find A Link To Previous Thread

Hey guys, sorry Ive been busy, and on occasion I get a minute to check ezrobot. One day I saw a list i believe DJ put together of some links to some cheap tablets ?! I didnt get a chance to bookmark. Could anyone send me that link again. Thanks.
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Face Recognition Working On ARC

Face Recognition Working On ARC

Here is face recognition working on ARC shown by Mike our lead programmer.
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Continues Read Of Ir Sensor

Im a little confused here. Im simply trying to read the value coming from my IR sensor (one of the Sharp IR ones). The script I wrote should should be a simple loop and display the value, can continue to display the value until I tell it to stop. goto(sensor) :sensor $IRSensor = GetADC(ADC4) # Sharp IR Sensor print($IRSensor) sleep(1000) Return()...
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Init Start

in the init i can see the servos d1 and d0 are set slower. i try to ad servo id d2 and d3/d7/d4 but they dont slow down. when jd goes in to calibrate postion it gos so almost violently fast. can this be changed ? thanks anyone
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Switching Polarity To A Dc Motor

Hello everyone; Im assume it is possible, I need to have the EZ-b control a dc motor to the left and to the right, by switching polarity, between neg and pos,,,is that easy to do?