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Attacknid Hacking

has anyone had any luck or even tried yet to incorporate EZ B with the attacknid platform ? https://www.combatcreatures.com/attacknids I have one and I want to do something with it and my EZ B... Thoughts? Ideas?
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Sabertooth/Kangaroo Packetized Serial Help Needed

Sabertooth/Kangaroo Packetized Serial Help Needed

Hi, I found this Great site while searching for info on controlling a Dimension Engineering Sabertooth / Kangaroo setup...
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Look What I Saw Hiding In An Episode Of Doctor Who

Look What I Saw Hiding In An Episode Of Doctor Who

It's Magic Mike!
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Connecting To Ezb Directly

Want to wire into ezb directly instead of Bluetooth /wifi possible?
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Want To Run From Windows 7 Compact Edition

Want To Run From Windows 7 Compact Edition

is this possible to run off windows 7 ce?
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Script Help, Doing More Than One Thing At Once

Hey everyone, Project has 3 Hbridges (robo claw). All controlled serially example... Sendserial(d0,38400,125)# lft track forward 1 sec sleep(1000) What I would like to do is while moving forward I would like its body controlled H-bridge to start moving body up so that full body extend will be in process before machine reaches kitchen. Ive tried...
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Servos Moving Forward

Hi Guys and and Girls, i have got K9 responding to voice commands, including some responses from him verbally. so things are going great apart from... when i ask him to move forward his servos respond, but only for a second (or less) and then stops, yet if i ask him to reverse his servo's keep going until i ask him to stop. originally i thought it...
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Connection Question - Revisited

I reQUEST assistance on the following issue: Hi all. I have a similar challenge to the recent request about connectivity issues, except I want to STAY in ad hoc mode ! We want to take the bots out of the lab and onto the streets, ala Spider Dog (check out the YouTube video), so we want to control the bots without routers i.e. ad hoc. We have 2...
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How To Keep Connection & Get Smoother Movement

Hello, I hate to keep asking for help with these issues and hope I'm not too much of a pest :-) . I am new to robotics and only have experience with EV3. Thanks to all of your help, I am now down to 3 remaining problems: 1) When running through actions, JD disconnects often. 2) Movement is sometimes very good, but then very jerky at others 3) My...
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Different Scripts

Different Scripts

i saw different scripts in a video here on forum and mine. so i was wondering whits one is correct. thanks anyone video here on forum excample dj
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A Quick Question About Using The Microphone Control With Ez-Script

Hey guys I just have a quick question regarding the microphone and it's use with EZ-script. So I was wondering is there a ControlCommand that is usable with the microphone control like: cc("Microphone", MicrophoneRecordStart) or something like that . I checked the EZ-Script Manual but I couldn't find anything about the microphone.
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Uart Update Success And Then A Tiny Little Bug Showed Up

Uart Update Success And Then A Tiny Little Bug Showed Up

I've been successful with communicating with the Dynamixel servos through the UART port. I'm able to send...