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Now that I know the right catagories, Ill post some pics of my Robotic jeep platform. It is a Power Wheels jeep. I stripped it down and...

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V3 To Monitor Two V4s?

Hi Folks, Hope everyone has been having a blast building robots! I havent posted since last year and now its time to scramble and get the G-Bot ready for this Halloween. Always a fun time! This year the G-Bot is getting upgraded from v3 to v4. I am excited to enjoy the better range and connectivity of wifi over Bluetooth. I’m also upgrading his...
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On The V 4, How Can I Tell It The Sounds Needs To Go Through The Main Desktop, N

I just need to toggle the sound from the Robot to the Desktop speakers. thanks in advance.
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Battery

Unable to charge robot. Only charge the robot on one occasion. Then try to recharge the battery when the robot says it has to be charged. All LEDs flashes red six times and stop 1 second in cycle. I know it says the problem is a 300mv difference of voltage between battery pack. How can I solve this problem?
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Myfirstplugin Error. Misssing Dll Or Incorrect Filename Specified In Plugin.Xml

Myfirstplugin Error. Misssing Dll Or Incorrect Filename Specified In Plugin.Xml

So I followed @DJs excellent tutorial on creating an ARC...
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Quelle Moteur Pour La Locomotion De Votre Omnibot 2000 ?

bonjour dj, je me permais de vous écrire en français car je croi que vous parlais le français ? jai vue votre video sur votre omnibot 2000 et jai était trés emballé ,et je désirerais faire de méme pour le mien ( je posséde moi aussi un omnibot 2000 ) jessaye de comprendre peut a peut comment vous vous y étre pris pour amméliorer votre robot, je ne...
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Mono Sdk Updates?

I picked up a JD when I was passing by your office a few months ago, and Im at the point where Id like to do some serious software development with it. Im on both Mac and Linux platforms, so Ive been using the Mono SDK. Im new to C#, and I noticed that many of the more interesting features of the Windows SDK, such as speech synthesis and face...
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ARC On Windows 10

I just purchased a new windows 10 laptop. When I try to download Ez -Builder it loads but comes up with terms of use box. I go through the pages and check the accept box. It then does nothing and when I close the box ARC goes away and wont run. I do not think it is a scaling problems. Any help would be appreciated.
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Latest Update Won't Let Me Past Tos Agreement

Latest Update Wont Let Me Past Tos Agreement

Hi, Im not able to install the latest version of the software. Im on Windows 8 and cant get past the Terms of Service agreement....
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Vex Jaguar Motor Controller

Hi All, Can the EZ-B v4 be used with the Vex jaguar Motor Controller ? I think maybe yes but would like some feedback about it. Thanks http://www.vexrobotics.com/217-3367.html
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New User Tutorial Section

Have you seen the User Tutorial section? We have migrated all of the community forum tutorials into this new section. Your user community forum posts that were labelled as Tutorials have been converted into awesome tutorials. The user tutorials map to ARC controls! This means it works both ways, when users view the ARC Manual, they are presented...
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Jd Robot Falls And Freezes

My robot doesnt walk right ,I have servo calibrated but when walking keeps falling, and load the profile, and then it freezes. Any other movement that does not involve feet moving does it correctly What should I do? my email is [email protected] Thank You very Much Matias
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Advice Needed With Powering An Ssc-32

Hey guys. I have some questions in regards to powering an SSC-32 controller and would like some confirmation. Ill be connecting the SSC-32 via UART/serial TX and RX, to RX and TX on an EZ-B using ports D0/D1, but after reading the product discription again, and reading the user guide, Im just want to confirm how to power the SSC-32 and connected...