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Rgb Leds Move Really Slow

I am new to the ezb revolution. I have the EZB4 up and running and connects to network fine but when i set up the animations for the rgb leds and execute it with all frames transistions on 0 and saved all leds work fine but they just crawl very slowly. just recieved the rgb led unit today, so dont know if its defective. or if default settings are...
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Connecting A De Kangaroo To An Ezb V4

Connecting A De Kangaroo To An Ezb V4

I have been reading heaps of threads here after searching "Kangaroo" and I cant seem to work out how to connect the EZB to the kangaroo....
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Integrating ARC Windows With C Or Visual Basic Routines

We are looking to find out if the EZ-Robot platform can be used to read and act on data streams from a laboratory grade light meter and a LIDAR. Basically, we expect a string of data from the light meter that would have to be parsed and acted upon. I envision that we would need to write a routine in C or Visual basic that would poll the meter and...
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Servos

because my jd robot servo is damaging me suddenly stop working and do nothing out of the ordinary
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Color In Mobile App

avery one has seen the new jd feather where he follows the color red with bolt hands and head.so i though would it be possible to ad some color screen, in the mobile app so you can do that with your phone too.
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Sdk: C# Cant Get Example To Work, Vb Works

I have been reading and playing around with the SDK, was able to get the Servo example to run in VB.net but can not in C#. EZB_Connect does not exist in the namespace 'EZ_B'. I double checked to make sure the reference was there. Also, in the readme documentation, it says .Net Framework v4, I had to set it at 4.5 in order to get the VB sample to...
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Li-Po Battery And Ez-B V4

I am trying to use the ez-B v4 to make a wall-E robot. I am confused where the power goes. Does the Li-po power the servos or the Controller. If it powers the controller then how exactly to use it because when I tried cutting the two big red n black wires on the li-po there was a spark and the battery puffed up which is why I had to throw away the...
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The Ez-Ai Forum Is Now Up Come And Join The Discussions

David's EZ-AI forum is up and running and anyone that is interested in an AI that integrates with ARC should go over and take a look. Also there are opportunities to suggest new features and development ideas which is very neat. Please visit and join the discussions! You can register to join the forum at cochranrobotics.com EZ-Robot coupled with...
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Motorized Wheelchair

Good Day! I am in Southern Indiana, beginning a project using an Invacare M91 Heavy-duty Wheelchair, I purchased off Craigslist. The wheelchair was manufactured in April 2004 and has an advertised weight limit of 400 pounds The batteries were working but shot ... two 12 volt lead acid batteries (half a million pounds each) that I have converted to...
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No Sound From Ez-B V4 After Power On

I followed strictly the tutorial to use 6 rechargeable AA battery to power up EZ-B v4. It lights on, flashes and then blinks exactly as tutorial video shows. But there is no sound. I tried reset and reboot. No luck. Does it mean the speaker is bad or I missed something? Thanks.
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Help Creating A Reminder Script

Help Creating A Reminder Script

Hey everyone. I'm looking for a little help or examples to create a "reminders" script via speech to text. What I'm looking to do is something like...
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Sabertooth Synchronous Regenerative Properties

Sabertooth Synchronous Regenerative Properties

I am planning to use a couple of Sabertooth / Kangaroo combos in my B9 project. The robot will be stationary and will be powered...