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Defective Ez-B V4 Controller?

I got my Ez Robot developers Kit for making my Wall E robot. I got all the servos up in place and tried to power on the controller. I am using the Li-Po battery that is available on the the store. I connected it to the plug that goes into the controller but I couldn't get the blue lights for the controller to come on nor did the controller make any...
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Sale At Brookstone

25% off on items from Brookstone EZ-Robots are on sale at Brookstone. Now is a good time to buy. Offer ends today. Good for any order over $99.00
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What Is Missing

What Is Missing

i saw one off the earlier respons from jd.when you wave to him he waves back. so whats missing here.
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Kinda Lost Here

Kinda Lost Here

I was very excited to get my robot and have been spending time try to get it do things, but I am kind of lost with all of this. I spent the last couple of hours following the multicolor...
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Multi Color Tracking Still Can't Get It Right

Multi Color Tracking Still Can't Get It Right

I still can't get the mult color tracking to work like in the tutorial. I can get it to recognise the colors no problem but it is...
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Jd Not Working

Jd Not Working

hello I'm a jd owner and my jd and has not been working very well. when i first got it we were given parts because the on we got did not work and we thought that the problem was solved. my dad...
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Unable To Use Motion Sensor

Unable To Use Motion Sensor

Hello, I have just received my first EZ-Robot order and it was great to see how fast it was to get the camera up and running. Unfortuantely, my ultrasonic sensor does...
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I Need Help Figuring Out This Scripting Question

I have a few scripts that don't do what they are suppose to do until I run thru them once. Let me explain that - in the script below the robot is doing addition. What should happen is, for example, when I say "two" the robot should look at it's hand, extend 2 fingers and say "two" and when I say "plus four" the robot...
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Varibles For Grid

Varibles For Grid

Witch Variables listed in the camera section hold the Grid values? confused
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Detecting Servo ?

I was just wondering, Is it possible to detect if a servo is present or not? I have an attachment that runs on a servo. I'd like to be able to test if the servo is present before I run a script to use that servo.
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Inverted Pendulum

Inverted Pendulum

any news on when new stuff will ship. Inverted Pendulum and such like
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Feature Request For ARC

I would like to see a feature added to after you have written your script in ARC, you have an export option to either VB.net or C#.net. So basically take ez-script and convert it over to one of the programming languages.