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Stepper Servo by Synthian Inc.
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Virtual Robot Control - Varible Display Feature Request

Virtual Robot Control - Varible Display Feature Request

Just an idea: Please consider adding a right click add variable display on the virtual robot control. I know...
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Servo Controlled Grippers For Rubik's Cube Scrambler

Servo Controlled Grippers For Rubik's Cube Scrambler

Most of my failed projects come from me overstepping my bounds. This time around, I'm looking to purchase (not...
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Throw Away Those Old Printers. Here Comes A 3D Printer That Is Upto 100 Times Fa

Upto 100 times faster 3D printer! Not only that, the Quality is MUCH MUCH Better! get this
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Dead Battery Out-Of-The-Box

Dead Battery Out-Of-The-Box

I think A) our battery has died, and B) our spare (BT684, 7.4V 1300MAH, 25C) is dead out-of-the-box! I am attaching an image of our battery, and the image showing a...
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Hard, Protective Coating For 3D Prints

Hard, Protective Coating For 3D Prints

stumbled upon this from my silicone supplier...might be of interest to the 3D priniting crowd... XTC-3D
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What Is The Fastest Baud Rate For The Ezb 3. I Am Only Getting 9600 Baud

What is the FASTEST Baud rate for the EZB 3. I am only getting 9600 baud. Is that the MAX? I know it is at the end of it's rope. But, it is all I have right now. It seems so slow. thanks, mel
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Six Servo Motor Frozen

One servo motor for my SIX is practically frozen. It requires too much force to turn it in any direction. When fully assembly, there is no movement and it hums.
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Jd Head Eye Faulty

Not sure whether to handle this with a return. I picked up a humanoid head (among other parts) to add to my Roli base. Everything works fine except the middle right pixel of the left eye does not display any shade of red. Green, blue are fine but it's unable to display red which obviously screws that pixel up for everything except for colors...
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Transferring Ez Project To Another Computer

Hello I need to transfer my project to another computer and have been unable to do so. I thought it would be as easy as saving the ARC file to USB and then putting it in the project folder but this does not seem to work. The files is large with audio files and so does not seem to save to the cloud either. How do I save it to USB and then open on...
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Make Magazine Wants A Few Words From Me About My Inmoov

Hey guys, Just got an email from someone at Make Magazine... They want me to talk a bit about my inMoov bartender for an upcoming article... How I built it, how I programed it and such... I only get a few lines in a sidebar so can't relate my life story here LOL... So I guess I need to mention just how awful the ezb and ez robot are?... Ok, you got...
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Using A Tablet

Using A Tablet

This is my first little friend. Her head has a camera installed, two eye servos, two neck servos, two continuous servos for movement and two shoulder servos. In the future two arms with...
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I Can Not Find Application In The App Store Iphone

I can not find application in the app store iphone