Robot Building Questions

Ez-B Questions About Connectivity, Plus A Couple Of Other Things

Hi all, I have been considering ez-b but I have a couple of reservations. 1. My robot will have an onboard pc, I really don't want the bot to have to depend on my Wi-Fi network for anything except when I ask it to do something like give me the weather or when the pc's OS needs to do updates (normal pc tasks basically). Basically I don't want the...

.Net Open Source

Just read that Microsoft is planning to open source the full server-side .NET core stack and to take that open-sourced .NET core to Linux and Mac OS X, alongside Windows. Read about it here It's a little beyond me but does that mean the SDK for the EZ-B will possibly soon be compatible with Linux and iOS? Which will open up a whole bunch of...

Ez-Cloud History

I like the " Version History " in the EZ-Cloud, it is very usefull. The question is, would that option be coming the local pc file system soon or at all ? Thanks,

Ez Robot Abilities

I was just wondering if anybody has posted any videos of an ez-robot completing tasks other than just dancing or other very simple things. People have been receiving them for a short while now so I just thought what I saw would be impressive by now. Not trying to be negative just trying to understand all the hype about it before I get mine cuz I...

Digital Servos?

In another thread, DJ said that to prevent the "jump" on power-up of servos, we could use digital servos, and that in the new year EZ-Robots would be offering a line of digital servos with full motion range (apparently a limit on those available today). I have a couple of questions about these. I know digital servos can provide position...

Led Matrix Panel

For a new project I'd like to add an LED Matrix Panel to my robot. I've see a few things in the manual about attaching individual LEDs (https://synthiam.com/tutorials/Hardware.aspx?id=7). However, what I am really looking for is something more like this - https://learn.adafruit.com/32x16-32x32-rgb-led-matrix. This one is compatible with the Arduino...

Roli H-Bridge Wired Backwards

After following the connection tutorial, my Roli was going backwards but turning in the right direction. After some tinkering and using the direction/correction charts in Rich's excellent l298n tutorial I determined that the wiring harness was connected backwards. Reversed the connection on all the wires except the powerband ground. So, to save...

Robot Head

Does anyone have recommendations for printing the robot head? We have an Ultimaker 2 and have tried repeatedly with no success. We recently also received a Makerbot Ultimaker 2x. We are going to try printing this morning. I assume supports are a must. Other recommendations?