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Serialport To Operate Ez Board

Is there a way to controll the ez board via c#'s system.io.ports functions without calling the ez sdk or using the ez robot dll's at all.
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New User

Hi, my Name is Nick and i just got my EZB kit and ready to build. My 6 year old son has been wanting a robot for the past 3 years. He has been building robots with tinker toys and any thing else he can find. This platform is spectacular and will all me to now build what he has been bothering for. I have been in IT for the past 14 years and ARC...
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Robotic Club Setup For Kids With Ez-Platform

I am looking to have a setup for kids to learn and jump into programming and robotics using EZ-platform. I started before with RPi club sponsoring and it was good since it is supported by jams and can use other schools RPi curriculums. I do wonder if we can do the same with EZ-platform . what is minimal setup that can be used to accommodate 10 kids...
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Range Class 1 Module

hi everyone Love the Kit Box bot is doing well now if i could just get everyone out of my study by increasing the blue tooth range would be good, anyone now of a class 1 module that fits. Have bought asus usb-BT211 V2.1 +edr will pair but won,t communicate. Have purchased a wall e U second hand as a new body for boxbot. Enjoying this greatly DJ...
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Kinect ?

Wow 5 new software releases but nothing for the Kinect. DJ please don't tease, just a little something please.
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Large Robot Collection Sale

Large Robot Collection Sale

My good friend (and fellow EZ:1 and EZ:2 robot builder) is selling part of his large collection of robots. Here are some that will be available, he has 3 Omnibot...
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R2-D2 Dome Centering (Hot Pot)

R2-D2 Dome Centering (Hot Pot)

Hey All, Finally got my Hot Pot into R2. It allows me to "know" where R2's dome is for positioning. Here it is mounted to the frame (Slip-ring through...
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ARC Software

Hi guys I'm in the middle of Terra Nova rover project and before I can go further in this project I am just learning the basics of the software on how to use it any ideas on what routines I can program my rover to do?
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Gaius (General Artificial Intelligence Using Software) Introduction

Hello everyone! My name is Sevak Avakians. I am a physicist and the developer of the GAIuS framework. I created GAIuS after realizing that no one was making the AI that is needed to make robots do the things that we've been promised. Along the way, people have realized that GAIuS can be used in many other things that require intelligent machines....
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5V Regulator Faulty

Hello, I bought an EZ-Robot kit at Maker Faire last weekend but have been having all manner of trouble getting it to work reliably (difficulty making & maintaining Bluetooth connections, servos chattering under no load/heatsinks getting hot, random board resets & brownouts). I finally figured I might have a faulty board when the HC-SR04...
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Ez With No Pc And Servo Control

Ez With No Pc And Servo Control

Just begin to play with my new EZ kit and it's fun but I have two questions: Can I download my program in the EZ so I do not need the computer ? Is it...
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One Of Those Days Ultrasonic Sensor Not Working

is it possible that the pin on the sensor are reversed nothing happen when radar plugged in and I have to switch the port around to not disconnect the ezb any one had that issue I thought I read about this a while back on the forum but can t remember .