Robot Building Questions

Load Torque Gauge

I think it is really important to know how much load there is moving/pushing something , whether it is a robot head or arm before "throwing" on a servo. Is there something like a force gauge to test whatever it is your moving before placing a servo? I hate crossing my fingers and tuning for dense smoke! Your thoughts/suggestions greatly...

Question For Dj About The Robot Arm

DJ....where can I get another one of the servo shoulder joint bearings? Did you have these installed or did it come from the manufacturer that way? The reason is; the existing wrist joint is far to weak. I would like to use another joint like the one used on the shoulder. Thanks, Rex

Types Of Circuits To Drive Relays

this post was for JOSH'S saltware tank design but i making this one for others about using mosfets instead of power transistors using power transistors for switching high current circuits is very old school. I would use mosfets to turn on the relays,first i see you are using high current coils on the relays Second on using mosfets you dont need a...

Controller Faq

I looking to get into robots and this looks like a perfect solution. I plan on making a quadruped robot using 14 servos and the camera. It seems this controller will do that but I plan on using a lipo battery but don't know what voltage the board will take and what I should use?

Ez-B And Motherboard Power

Quick question, can the ez-b be used to power up a mother board from the 2 power pins on mobo? So when ez-b powers up, it also turns on power to mobo for boot up? if possible great one less switch, if not oh well Thanks, emac Model M143 Project - Specs - *Toughbox with 4 cims *4 talon SC's *1 super-duty yellow-top optima (love you long long...

The Ez Robot Wiki Page

Ok I thought this deserved its own thread. Keep in mind the direction of EZ-Robot and where its software is going. This way our wiki will support both older ezb models and future models and feature additions for ARC and SDK. What this is : Im creating a page that will have links to important and useful information in the forums and a summary. The...