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Converts Xbox 360 Kinect depth frames into NMS obstacle scans for ARC path planning, SLAM, and...
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Control robot servos with Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect body tracking; map joints to upper/lower body...
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Example NMS Level #1 navigation skill showing subscription to combined scan+location data, displaying position and scan info; source code included.
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Metal-legged robot built with Servo City parts and 4 servos, IoTiny battery, using Synthiam ARC programming to achieve walking.
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Script Manager And Script Pauseon
You can pause a script and then unpause? I'm trying to run my personal radar control and I have a script that moves the servo ping sensor, but I would...
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Multiple Servo Control
I had added the multiple servo control way back prior to Version 2013,01,16 to allow testing of multiple servos, a great addition. I then discovered that the following Versions were not "allowing" the multiple servo control to load all 14 of my unique saved files! ARC spit out an error window proclaiming it could not load my file because...
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Rich |
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Motor Control
Hello everyone! I have a question about the type of motor that the EZ-B can control - can it be used to control an Omron AC servomotor (100W, 200 V, 3000 rpm)? Thanks!
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Ghosty |
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How To Use H-Bridge With Gradual Turns?
Hey Guys, I've seen the tutorial video and the sample source code for controlling motors via a H-bridge, but all these have the motors being in 4 fixed states (5 if you count stopped) Fwd, Back, Left and Right. What I want to be able to do though is have a robot turn in a more gradual manor. If you think of a joystick, pushing forward should get...
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Ghosty |
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Washers?
Hi, I am having trouble finding a source for small washers (#2 and #4 washers for 2-56 and 4-40 screws). Most hardware stores in California only stock #6 and bigger. Does anyone have a source for the smaller ones that they would recommend? Thanks, Mike
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Ar Drone 2.0
I know that ARC isn't compatible with ar drone 2.0. Has anyone been able to create ar drone 2.0 compatibility? If not this is where it starts!
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CardboardHacke… |
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Bluetooth Driver
Hello, I am Lin Duquette. I am not a computor guy. After several attempts I think I have really messed this up. I am pretty much stuck at step 1. I bought my rocketfish bluetooth dongle and tried to use the built in windows bluetooth driver by not inserting the cd that came with the dongle. Everything installed, windows said it was working properly...
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winstn60 |
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What Are The Min Specs To Run ARC On A Netbook?
What are the min specs to run ARC on a netbook?
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jstarne1 |
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Rover 5 Turning Question
Hi please can someone help me? I'm using a rover 5 base (2wd) for my robot (Arnie) it has it's own 12v power supply and can move forward and backwards fine the problem is when it tries to turn, the motors just seem to struggle i don't what to put any more voltage through the motors. do you think i should upgrade to 4wd? simon
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51m0n76 |
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Back To ARC Version 2013.03.18.00?
what's going on? why are we back to ARC Version 2013.03.18.00?
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irobot58 |
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A Couple Of Questions If You Please.
Hello everybody, I'm hoping to buy an ez complete by the end of summer and I've been reading up on it and watching the videos for a few weeks now. I'm familiar with programming so I follow it all pretty well I just have a couple questions I haven't found the answer to. OK, ready? Here we go. In the Robosapien video (Have 1 in a box and access to a...
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Antron007 |
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Power Question
just wondering if you guys have any sugestions on what battery i should get.i want everything to be powered with one power source. for probably 2 hours or more if possable. here is a list of hardware. 1) ez-b 2) one 2 amp h bridge powering one 12v motor 3) 4 high torque micro servos 4) 1 ultrasonic sensor 5) 1 8v camera hard wired to ez-b i...
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derrick |