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Power On Sequence

My question relates to powering on the robot.  I am designing the power supply to my Inmoov robot and I will be using the LattePanda PC along with EZB V4's and IoTiny.   My plan was to have my LattePanda auto boot when power is applied to it and start ARC and load a project and Init Script.  At the same time the power is turned on to the LattePanda...
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Posting Robot Build

I tried to post the start of my Robot build last night under the SHARE A ROBOT PROJECT section with hopes of being able to update it regularly but the website will not take the post.  It does not provide any error or feedback of anything missing so I am not sure what the issue is. My question is should this be put under Share a Robot Project or...
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ARC Build Expired

ARC Build Expired

Hi all, We have a lab of laptops which have ARC installed on them to allow our students to program the 6 JD Humanoid robots we have. I am getting this error when launching ARC now, it...
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Support For The Oak-D Smart Camera By Luxonis

I am requesting a skill that would support the Oak-D (OpenCV AI Kit) by Luxonis. Having this interface would allow my robot to identify and locate an object such as a bottle, in 3D space, so that the robot could pick it up.  Oak-d Information Oak-d More Information From their website: Quote:"DepthAI is a platform built to allow the power of...
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EZB V4 Camera Port Connector Type?

I have a quick question I hope someone can answer for me. I want to make cables for the USB/TTL to the EZB V4 camera port but I need to know type of connectors the camera port is? I think they are JST-PH 2mm connectors but I would like to make sure.
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Robot Embedded Rock Pi X Power Down

I was wondering how those of you that have the Rock Pi X onboard your robot handle powering down the robot and the Rock PI. Do you/should you log out of windows and then power down the Rock Pi and then the robot? Or do you just flip the robot's power switch off and let everything die? I know it frowned upon to just pull the plug on a computer...
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Rock Pi X Antenna Attachment

Rock Pi X Antenna Attachment

I have an external antenna for my Rock Pi X computer board. It's the same one I see In DJ's Test Platform Video. My question is does it just snap on the little...
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Add A Camera Control To My JD Project

Some time ago I got a DEVELOPER KIT (EZB-v4) from a friend and already made the 3D prints for a JD and already realized some robot skills. Unfortunately I don't have the EZ-B ROBOTIC CAMERA for this kit. That's why I would like to install an M5Stack camera that I already have. My question is, how can I connect my Unit CAM M5 with a UART interface...
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Robot Gripper On Amazon

Robot Gripper On Amazon

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Dollar Sign When Using Blockly

Dollar Sign When Using Blockly

Is it ok to have the dollar sign when programming on Blocky as I am copying the exact code and it is not running though?
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Roomba Legacy Control Command Not Working - What Am I Doing Wrong?

Roomba Legacy Control Command Not Working - What Am I Doing Wrong?

I am trying to execute a control command for my roomba legacy model for cleaning when...
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Variables Not Saving

Variables Not Saving

I'm not sure if I'm missing something but my created Variables are not being saved with my project. I'm using blocky to create the variables, the scripts work great and I can see...