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Ez Office Receptionist Contest

With DJ's endorsement I would like to suggest a contest for members of the forum. Here's the idea, robot builders can submit 1 robot vid with a generalized houmorous greeting that could be DJ's new office greeter. Limit the vid time limit, to say a minute and a half. Any one can play who has an inprogress/complete robot speaking, whistling, dancing...
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Iron Man Jarvis Ez-Robot Recreation Scripting Questions

Iron Man Jarvis Ez-Robot Recreation Scripting Questions

Hi. quick questions for scripting. 1. Is there a command that says "if __________ is said(microphone),...
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Motor Driver L298n Or L293d

Motor Driver L298n Or L293d

Can we use the L293D H Bridge instead of L298N H Bridge? Is the ARC compatible with L293D? Please guide me as how to connect it to EZ-B...
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Alternate Way To Power Up Ez-B

My EZ-B was working till last night.. Today when I powered it up.. The both LEDs glowed for a second and then it stopped powering up... Is there any alternate way to power up EZ-B than powering up it with the barrel jack? Or is there any other way to power it up through the barrel jack? What am I suppose to do?
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Ultrasonic Sensor And Camera Tracking Not Working.

How do you solder on an ultrasonic sensor, because mine does not work. Which wire goes where? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also I am unsure why my camera doesn't seem to track faces. The robot just seems to quickly glance at objects. How bright does the room have to be because, I am wondering if maybe it just isn't detecting my face...I...
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Where Is My Ez Robot

I am waiting impatiently for my kit and I am not getting any reasurancve of its delivery. It has been 2 and a half weeks and still no robot. Can one be delivered by one of the Canadian distributors? Don mad confused stress
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Fried Ez-B

Strong possibilities that I short circuit my EZ-b by being careless. Using the bench power supply and no light come on what so ever, Use voltage meter getting 12v across resistor. Oh well time to order a new one, sucks I'll have to wait a week or to.
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Roomba For Sale?

Hi, Would anyone have a roomba for sale? Any model is OK as long as it is controllable with the EZB and is in working condition.
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Just Wanted To Share.

Just Wanted To Share.

I got my ez complete today and after getting a bluetooth adapter that worked. I got my ezb up and running. Unfortunately that's just about it. I tested the camera and it works...
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Robot Reading My Mind

Robot Reading My Mind

Here is an early AIMEC:3 robot (in 2006) connected to the online 20Q.net artificial intelligence and attempting to read my mind!
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Flash Light Swicth

I have a flash light that uses a 9v battery. I want to be able to have the EZ-B turn the flash light on when the sonar picks up something. Anyone try this yet?
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Wowwee Rovio Wi-Fi Enabled Robotic Webcam

Any experiance with this one. This one really looks cool