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Will The New Camera Be Easy To Convert To Ir?

I have a USB night vision camera with IR illumination LEDs, but it is no longer supported by the vendor. It took unnatural acts to get it to work on Windows 7, and I can't get it to work at all on my new Windows 8.1 tablet. I really want my big robot to have night vision, but my budget is just about tapped out, so I don't want to buy another...
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Multiple Ez Control Boards

Hi, I doing the InMoov Project as I uploaded and discussed in an earlier post. Some of you have every complex robots and probably know the answer to these questions. This robot will have in the foreman alone 6 servos.. in each arm. The head and neck at this time 3, the shoulder 2, and each bicep 2. I will have over 20 servos and that does not...
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Maxx Steel Toy

Maxx Steel Toy

I thought this may give some design ideas. Maxx Steele
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Home Position.

Home Position.

Is there a home position function? Or is there only center position on servos when power is applied. For example if I were to construct a humanoid would I be able to set a home position on...
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Useble Robot

Useble Robot

hi all.as we know we can use the robosapien v1.bud i wonder iff its possible to use this one. his head is higher then normal v1.
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Digital Io Pull-Up Resistance

Digital Io Pull-Up Resistance

What is the resistance value of the pull up resistors on the V4 boards? I'm working on LED's for my robot before the development kits roll out. I'd just like to...
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Tameion Nz Off Topic

Greetings Tamion ! I live on the west coast of British Columbia on a small island of 10,000 called Salt Spring Island. My neighbor Doug Archer is currently in NZ having a great time. He writes into his blog nearly everyday and I would like to share a bit of his funny but perhaps revealing insight of NZ! If you see a whitecar/camper doing U turns...
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Store Listing.

@EZ-Robot- Hey guys, I noticed that in the store, EZ-Bits>>Bodies & Chassis that the Roli Dev kit is listed and not Rover Body - Shell. Just thought I'd point it out.
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$Update_Available

@DjSures here is an idea for a future update that should'nt take too much to implement... What about expanding on the CHECK FOR UPDATE function so an auto check facility can be included in the preferences section. OR even better could there be an automatic check at startup with the result stored in a variable something like...
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I Have Some Extra Arms Taking Up Space.

I Have Some Extra Arms Taking Up Space.

I figured I would just let it be known that I have some extra robot arms laying around taking up space in my work area here at home. I have a...
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Define And Append Array

Could someone have a look at "Define and Append array" under EZ-Script Function syntax in ARC Example Both examples are giving error syntax. No matter how long it takes to get the hardware, there is plenty to do with ARC to develop 40 years dormant ideas.
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3D Printer Size

3D Printer Size

What size 3d Printer is needed for the hexapod and JD robot parts?