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Rafiki Front Bumber by CochranRobotics
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Rafiki Front Bumber

Rafiki front bumper plugin: reads 4 proximity sensors via serial, updates ARC variables, blocks motor movement toward detected obstacles for SLAM

Omnibot 2020 - The next generation by Lars1989
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Revive Omnibot 2000 with an ez-robot kit and L298N motor controller; add small servos for arms and test a 6V 5Ah gel battery.

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C# Commands To Perform Sequential Actions That Wait To Complete Priors

C# Commands To Perform Sequential Actions That Wait To Complete Priors

If we use these two commands back to back (and in either order) the second one...
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Is There Any Way To Detect If The Bing Speech Recognition Is Paused?

Is there any way to detect if the Bing Speech Recognition is "paused" or not? Alexa lights up LEDs when she is "listening". I wanted to write a script to light an LED that tells me when Bing is listening--the pause button is off, but I see no variables available for Bing's "Pause" feature.
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How Do I Record The Screen?

This question I could not find,video related...I have seen video before DJ capturing the real time video feed from Ez cam and Arc screen all at same time. Is that the button I sometimes see in camera skill? Or do I need to download a different screen capture skill?
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Settings Button Is Gone In The Full Screen Video Player

Settings Button Is Gone In The Full Screen Video Player

Not a big deal nor the end of the world but I noticed in the Full Screen Video Player  there is no tab for...
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Is The Latest ARC Version Compatible With Windows 8.1?

Does it run and has it been tested on Windows 8.1?
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Run Servo From Aimlbot?

Is it possible to run a servo or call a script directly from AIML (within AIMLBOT)? Or do I have to intercept all text with an ARC script?
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Request For ADC To Have An EZB Index

Request For ADC To Have An EZB Index

I'd like to request for ADC to have an EZB index in Blockly Thanks again, Don
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Create Custom Blockly Blocks

Create Custom Blockly Blocks

DJ, could you please add a feature in your next revision to create custom Blocks in Blockly. I have been researching it and it is possible. This would allow me to...
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Request For Digital.Set To Have EZB Index Number In Blockly

Request For Digital.Set To Have EZB Index Number In Blockly

I'd like to request Digital.set to have EZB index number in Blockly. Thanks again Don
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Dialogue Flow Error

Dialogue Flow Error

Hello. This does not affect operation - The robot skill still works. But, is anyone else experiencing this error with the dialogflow skill in arc?  This happens every other time I...
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EZ-Robot HDD Servo Horn Screw Size

I hope I'm forgiven for using the forum to ask this question. I'm hoping for a quick answer.  Up till now I've used all Hi Tech servos. I've started to use the new(er) EZ-Robot's HDD servos and their Micro HDD servos. Unfortunately and frustratingly they don't come with horn screws. Could some kind sole please tell me what size the horn screws are...
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No Single Seat ARC Subscirption Possible.

Hi DJ, I need a single-seat subscription for a second robot that I bought from a colleague. Synthiam advertisement says that subscriptions will start at 8.99 p.m., but a bit later one can only book a minimum of 2 seats at 17.99 p.m. Question: Which way for a single-seat subscription ? Thanks in advance Cheers Volker