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How To Make A Wide Angle Ir Non Contact Bumper
I designed a wide angle IR (non contact) bumper for robots a while back but never used it. It may be useful to the folks here on...
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Toymaker |
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Just A Bit O' Fun
in the red corner XLR 1 and in the blue corner altair EZ:2 with Doombot as referee
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Dunning-Kruger |
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Using Ezb 3 With An H-Bridge
Well, I sold a lot of stuff and I think I will almost get my Pepper robot. But, I did not move the EZB 3 nor the RAD base. So, I had some 4 wire H-bridges laying around and figured I would try to get a little bit of fun going. Well, I wired everything up and when I hit the control panel, when I say forward it would turn to the right and backwards...
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MovieMaker |
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Lots And Lots Of Questions
I have a some questions and that was one of them. -Can I make my robot do something if it sees a curtain movement or thing? -do I always have to execute the movements...
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CochranRobotic… |
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Noisy Camera
When I start the camera of my Roli, it produces some noise (rattling), when I stop it the noise disappears. Are there any movable parts inside the camera bit? What could be wrong? Also the camera...
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dodi |
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Need Warning In Tutorial About Running On Ac Through Charger
The tutorials need to highlight NOT running on the charger. Apparently it can damage your batteries?! If this is correct, you should make it very clear. I understood the importance of not discharging the batteries too far. It seemed obvious to me to just do my work with it plugged into the charger, but several of the threads indicate that it could...
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lamachine |
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How Do You Control Ez-B From Iphone?
How do you control ez-b from the iphone? I don't really know how. confused
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DJ Sures |
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Is Video Record Working?
Is Video Recording working? I can click "Start", but stop does nothing and no file is generated in the "Pictures\My Robot Pictures" folder. Snapshot works though.
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frankturner98 |
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Anyone Exprencing Ez Community Email Notification Hangups?
Just wondering if anyone else here is experiencing this issue. As of the last week every notification I...
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pacowang |
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Newb Questions, Servos And Profiles
For good or bad, these questions appear in similar posts, but I have not resolved them. 1. Default standing positions and several moves appear to have...
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Rich |
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Wowee Mips Robot
So, I have finally got new notebook computer, a Dell with Windows 7 on it. Even downloaded latest ARC. Has anyone had luck with trying to control that new Wowee MIPS robot. Im just finding out it requires Bluetooth. Sadly I'm unable to get the Iphone APP to download either, so I cannot test anything that way. Im assuming I need a Bluetooth adapter,...
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Dunning-Kruger |
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Sonic And Ir Sensors
HI, I am having some issues with my collision sensors on my robot. I installed a Parallax sonic and ir sensor with a S3003 Futuba servo. The sonic and ir sensors are mounted on the same Plexiglas mounting bracket. Using Add Control to my ez-bulder software I installed the Radar Scan and Sharp IR Radar Controls. I have a couple of issues. First I...
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Ellis |