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Remote Control Of Hard Wired EZB4

Remote Control Of Hard Wired EZB4

Is there a method of controlling a robot remotely which has an onboard PC with EZB4 connected via USB? All of my robots bar one, use WiFi connection and...
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Servo Buttons And Combo Box

I am finding the Servo Buttons and Combo Box are not consistent between the Mobile App and a PC. They actually work on the Mobile App perfectly whereas on a PC, the Combo Box activates a selection before it is clicked, whilst the Servo Buttons require the user to tap +- repeatedly. With the Mobile App, you just slide your finger left to right. Is...
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My Camera Is Not Recognized As A Camera Device.

I bought the JD humanoid a few years ago and put it aside for at least 3years. I used ARC before. However, I try using ARC for connecting the humanoid recently but the camera is not recognized. Is there something I missed out? Thank you for your kind assistance
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Servo Wont Move Until Second Servo Moves First

Hi all, I have several EZB's in my robot with servos attached to the EZB on connection 2 in ARC. I've got a weird issue I can't figure out with a servo attached to that EZB's D0 port. My problem servo is attached to port D0 with 5 other servos attached to other digital ports, D2 through D6 with D2 not being used. They all work fine except the one...
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Help! I Can't Connect To My Camera On Client Mode

Help! I Can't Connect To My Camera On Client Mode

After I connected to my robot with client mode I tried to turn on the camera, but when I did the camera didn't turn on and...
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How To Store A Variable In Blockly

How To Store A Variable In Blockly

In conversation menu I'm trying to get the person to answer yes or no, and that would go into a variable. After it is in variable if it is equal to yes...
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Raspberry Pi GPIO With Windows 10

Hello everyone;  I'm curious regarding the use of on-board GPIO pins with regards to embedded PC's, such as the Raspberry Pi 3B I am using in my project that have ARC running on them. I am running ARC Teams on this Raspberry Pi to control other EZB's in the robot, and in order to shut the robot off properly, the Pi will need to send a shutdown...
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Inmoov Multiple Servo. My Power Supply Will Not Power My Servos

I am going to try to configure this robot using the EZ-B V4. I'm currently trying to power 6 servos for the right hand. The servos are MG996R, they require 6V. I purchase a power supply ( DROK 48V Power Supply, AC 110V/220V to DC 0-48V 10A 480W Buck Converter, Adjustable Variable LED Adapter Regulated 5V 12V 24V 30V 36V 48V Volt Voltage Transformer...
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OK Can You Use A Raspberry PI Zero Webcam With ARC

OK Can You Use A Raspberry PI Zero Webcam With ARC

My question is there a way to install a raspberry pi zero with a with a webcam on it and be able to connect to it with...
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My Robot Is Too Loud.

Hey! I was testing my speech recognition and my robot won't respond to 'robot stop'. I know there's nothing wrong with the command because it recognized my speech when it was stationary but when it's rolling it seems to not pick up my voice over it's own motors. So how do I make them more quiet? Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm using a head set...
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4-1 Sensor

4-1 Sensor

Hi everyone, have fitted an Ez-Robot 4-1 Orientation Sensor, went to calibrate and it disconnects from wi-fi? Never saw any readings from the variable watcher, tried different i2c ports with no...
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How Can You Fix The Camera Quality On Raspberry Pi 3B

How can you fix the camera Performance  on raspberry pi 3B. I’m making a robot that tracks a red ball but because of the raspberry pi 3B’s GPU lagging it can’t process the ball. I did check the raspberry pi windows performance tips but with no changes in camera performance?