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Robot Band

www.wimp.com/robotband/ These are great bots.
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Idea That Came Up. Cleverbot!

i had an idea during my last meal when i talked about my robots, people asked: what do they do? me: well, i don't know really.. other ppl: interact with humans? then the whole idea came up in my mind: let's say there's a speech-to-text module, which types the text an user says, sending it over the internet to a talk bot (cleverbot for example)....
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Simple Greeting Script

Here's a little script to save you some time.... Hopefully the first of many.... #------------------------| # Simple Greeting Script | #------------------------| Print ("+------------------------------------------------+" ) Print ("| Responses = Good Morning, Afternoon or Evening |" ) Print...
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Concept Of Speech Recognition System

i would like someone to please explain the concept of speech recognition in robotics..is there any special kind of software that is also used in this? i have a presentation and i really need to understand this before i go
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Ez-B With Sabertooth 2X10

Ez-B With Sabertooth 2X10

Hey Guy's Can you give me some help? I included pictures. I have a large robot platform with big 12v motors. An ez-b V3 Sabertooth 2 x 10 Here is my problem. I tried all...
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Speed Question, Using Pwm Speed Control Not On Ezb

Hi, i needed more power for my 4 motors, so i got talon speed controllers pwm controlled they speed up basically 1% to 100% duty low to full power with reverse polarity in there... but lets just say 1 to 100 zero to full for this question... well i setup a speed for my 4 wheel base that would move the robot, but slow enough to work with inside...
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Simple Bluetooth Fix , No Red Light Blinking

Recently I noticed two ezb boards did not connect through Bluetooth and no red blinking led. These were earlier models and ezb quality has really jumped up! anyways I tested the connections and found continuity issues , I gently peeled away the Bluetooth with a small flathead screwdriver and removed the tape. I put the Bluetooth back and was sure...
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Sensors

Here's an interesting sensor I read about: https://leapmotion.com/ Also, it looks like Primesense's sensor will be smaller in the future: https://www.engadget.com/2012/12/12/primesense-reveals-capri-worlds-smallest-3d-sensor/ Hopefully there'll be some way to support these with the EZ-b? Frank
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Hb-25 Parallax Motor Controll

whats the best method to use for running from ez? not sure any help would be appreciated, thanks
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Confirming A Human Response

This is one of my most used scripts. It is often called after my robot asks a question that requires a verbal response. Positive responses = Yes, Affirmative, True, Okay, Correct Negative responses = No, Negative, Incorrect, False, Wrong Undecided responses = Maybe, perhaps, possibly It converts the various answers to either Yes, No, Undecided or...
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Face Recognition Script

When I ask for input for one reason or another from a human I use this script to check before I have my robot speak It returns a $Face_Found=1 (YES) if it finds a human after about 5-10 seconds. # ----------------------------------------------| # Visual Confirmation of Human Presence | # ----------------------------------------------| Print...
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Feeding The Fish

This one was written before I was the awesome automatic EZ-B fish feeder @Jstarne It needs the Confirmation script I posted earlier in the forum. #______________________________________________________ #init $Requests=0 $Response=0 Say("Have you fed your fish today?") ControlCommand( "Script Manager", ScriptStartwait,...