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Stl File Whithout Size?

Stl File Whithout Size?

i dont know iff its normal that stl files are whithout the sizes. i just send the stl files to the chop for printing jd chest but i need sizes. am confuse now.
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A.I Found On Kickstarter

A.I Found On Kickstarter

Wow this is looking good. I hope it can later be incorporated into the robots I will be working on. The buy in price was so low i could not help but go ahead and support...
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Pic Jd Backside

Pic Jd Backside

does any have a pic off jd backside whit ez-b4 in?
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Ez-B V3 Developers Kit

Does anyone know where I can purchase a EZ -b v3 developers kit?
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Remember Clicling Sound Found It

i had a servo whit a clicking sound in it.there where more byers who has this sound. so i thought it was normal,till today when i connected all in the robot. power up the robi and there was smoke,lucky i had connected the on/off swits. the damage hopefully is only wires. now i have to wait a hole week for a wire from less then 1 gram 7 cm long...
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Ezb V4 Disconnect Question

Ezb V4 Disconnect Question

Good Morning, Last night i was playing with my robot, and i think that it went out of wifi range. I could not stop my robot and it ran into a shelf and broke one of my...
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Question About My Wheelchair Motors Sabertooth

I haven't had much time or space to work with the wheelchair motors and the thing I noticed is that when the wheelchair was assembled, if I told it to go forward it would. I have no encoders, just two wires from the motors to the sabertooth for power. But, not now that I am driving the wheelchair motors straight from the sabertooth, when I tell it...
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Sonar Distance Sensor

Sonar Distance Sensor

Does anyone else have issues with their sonar sensors fluctuating to read 255? The sensors work and they do provide distance values as I move an object in front of them, but...
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Question About Ezb4 Before It  Comes In:

Question About Ezb4 Before It Comes In:

I have now two 12v batteries on my Sunshine robot. I plan to hook up the EZB4 which will allow the 12vdc to go to the bus. Then I will...
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Servo Position

Good Morning, I think I have noticed or at least I seem to think I have, but when I ask a servo to move to a predefined location, it does it at least 50 percent of the time. I have to disconnect and remove power on my V4 board to get my project to do what I want it to do. Thoughts?
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Receiving And Using Uart Data In Script

I've been trying to receive data through the Uart port in EZB V4 and use it in a script. I've successfully been sending special commands to move my motor to exact points through a Kangaroo/Sabertooth combination and that's working great. I've even been able to read how many Bytes are in the buffer useing the below Script. This Script successfully...
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Is There A Global Command For Repeating A Script That Was Just Executed?

I am looking to see if ARC has a global command for repeating the last script executed. Example: #Nudge Right Script # Turn turn the robot right just a little at a speed of 150, then return to max motor settings at 255 right(150, 200) right(255, 1) stop() #Nudge left Script # Turn turn the robot left just a little at a speed of 150, then return...