Robot Building Questions

ARC Download

Hi DJ, I have a great intrest in robotics, but have never really done it, except for LEGO Mindstorms. But, I like remote control over programming. So, I surfed the internet and recently discovered EZ-Robot and been spending some time putting together a plan for my first robot. Then I thought of the downloading for ARC, and noticed it Requires...

Well, It Finally Happened To Me

I have never blown a board due to being careless, until yesterday... I am was using an Arduino Mega for gathering information from a Neato XV-11 LIDAR sensor. I had disconnected the power cables and unplugged serial port wiring to mount the board on my control box. After getting the Arduino mounted and plugging in the cables again, I attached the...

Android Device Sensors Used For Controller

Has anyone used the sensors from android device to control servos attached to EZBV4? I want to stream the video to my android and display the image as side by side for use in VR headset and control JD head movement using motion tracking of android device, in the VR headset.

Bandwidth Usage In Forum

Just a little FYI. I have found that, because of the surveillance cameras being broadcast over the forum webpage, that I take a sizable hit on my available bandwidth. Its about 65K. With only about 300K or so (DSL) available to me in the first place, that is a sizable chunk. I like to park on the Forum page while pulling up the various threads in a...

4 In 1 Orientation Sensor Or Inverted Pendulum Sensor?

Hi all, This may seem a dumb question to those with more experience so youll have to excuse my naivety as Im just starting out in the world of robotics. My question is whether i need only purchase the 4 in 1 orientation sensor over the inverted pendulum as in the product description the 4 in 1 includes both the accelerometer and compass that the...

Microphone In Robot

I see from looking through the forum there is a lot of discussion regarding using wireless microphones to communicate with the robot via the PC. Im interested in having a microphone within the robot itself so I, and others can communicate with it away from my computer. First off, can anyone tell me if they have tried this, and is it feasible as to...

Ez-B V4 Wifi Robot Controller

ez-b v4 wifi robot controller can control a robot but i doesnt need that the robot complete control after program with pc or mobile it need to control itself like an arduino uno i am searching this about 3 years stress tired can we connect this robot controller for programming to pc after can we disconnect and control without pc or mobile

Reading A Website For Dates

take a look at this site. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ I would like to take this file, have the computer scan the dates, compare it to the current date, if within a week, start sending reminders verbally up until the date has past, then it can forget about it. I dont care about times, just dates. Is it possible to scan the file and pull the...

New Wifi Adaptor

i found this one think its a good one. what do you guys think.