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Convert an iRobot Roomba with EZ-B to a wireless, voice- and vision-enabled cleaner-camera color/motion tracking, remote control, ARC/EZ-SDK.

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Sound To The Robot Ideas?

Hello, We have some cool sounds that we play on the laptop from the SoundBoard. We bought a BlueTooth sound card with speakers for the bot. Any ideas as to how to send the sound over BlueTooth to the bot? Thanks again,
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Rc Car Into A Robot

Hi, I was wondering if anyone here has ever used the Bluetooth robot controller to turn an RC car into a robot. I can think of a few possible issues off the top of my head: 1. Range - RC cars move fast, how can I get a few hundred feet of range? 2. Power - I'd want to use the power source from my ESC (a SC700-BL) to power the controller rather than...
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Mergeing Files

Mergeing Files

@DJ This may be simple but is there a way to merge two or more EZ-B files together.
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Sabertooth 2X25 & Syren10.

Hey All, Kicking into high gear to get my R2 ready for the Calgary Comic Expo. I did try searching for an answer but didn't find any firm topics on running both motor controllers at the same time. I have had the Sabertooth running with the EZ-B via serial. The 2x25 is for my drive motors and the Syren10 is for my dome drive motor. I know the...
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Look What I Just Score!

Look What I Just Score!

Yesterday i went Xmas shopping for some toys for my nieces and newphew and I spot this truck, i was very happy and immediately grabbed it for EZ-Robot hack of course. This...
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.And Now Me And My Minions Will Rule The World!

.And Now Me And My Minions Will Rule The World!

Let the building of the army begin!
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Decals/Stickers For Marketing?

Decals/Stickers For Marketing?

@DJ, have you thought about making either decals or stickers (small, medium, large) to pack with the kit? Maybe it could say, "Powered by EZ-B" and/or...
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Ez-B Serial Question Plus Windows 7 Question

Was hoping DJ or someone could help answer a few questions: I have a CFSOUND III cfsound.com that I want to use for the robot sound and voice. It uses wav files instead of mp3s. It has a RS-232 DB9 serial connector. The format of the serial data is default @ 2400 baud (changeable), 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no flow control. Sounds may be started,...
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Useful Link

I happened upon this link that can be useful in choosing hardware.
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Best Mini Itx To Use With Ez-Board?

Best Mini Itx To Use With Ez-Board?

What Mini Itx is most compatible with the EZ-Board? Any advice on how to use it with the EZ-B would be helpful. Amount of RAM, HD space, etc.?
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House, Shop, Shed, Tent, Henhouse, Outhouse. Where Do You Build Your Bots?

I am now posting at my YouTube page
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Metadata File .Could Not Be Found

Greetings Kindered Robotists, I am trying to run the "hello world" c# example and its returning Line 0 "EZ-Builder.exe cannot be found" and EZ_B.DLL could not be found. This error is returned in MS Visual C# as well. I have not removed the Dll file or the .exe file nor have I changed the directories. Why cant the system...