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Is There Any Tutorial For How To Put The Ez Robot On Brutusbot?

Hello, I just got my EZ robot kit. Does anybody have a tutorial on how to attach it to the BrutusBot? Thanks
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Camera Device Commands

Camera Device Commands

Hello All, Can anyone point me to a detailed explanation of the difference between Camera Servo Tracking and Camera Servo Tracking Relative? Thanks
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Mp3 Trigger - Sparkfun

Loaded up some Wall-E sounds onto my MP3 (Sparkfun) Trigger and can't seem to get it to work correctly. I have followed DJ's video on connecting it to the EZ-Board to the tee. I plug it into the EZ-Board, for power only, and try to cycle through the sounds using the button but only get one track (or sound) and it is fuzzy? The files are in the MP3...
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Which Bluetooth Dongle Works Flawlessly With Dell Latitude E6410 And Win 7

I have a Dell Latitude E6410. But, it does not have built in bluetooth. I have a nondescript bluetooth dongle that works on it's whim. I have had to attempt numerous times to connect it make it work. After trying for more than 100 times (both with Windows native stack and Blue Soleiel), I have managed to connect 3 times. On one occasion, with 4...
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Brookestone Rover Claw Modification

I'm doing my capstone project for my machine design class and am lookign at modifying the brookestone rover & retrofiting it with a simple claw right below the camera in the front. I need some feedback on this idea and what I'd need to do this? I'm looking for a plug and play setup for the robotics part, and also wouldn't mind using my xbox...
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Confused Using Auto Position In ARC

I add "Auto Position" control to ARC project. I set up six servos in the control. I create three frames and one action. I am confused by "Fine Tune" dialog box. How do I use the "Fine Tune" dialog box"? Even after centering the servos before attaching them to the robot, the joints are slightly bent instead of...
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Writing And Saving Code

I am trying to access and write c# code for my robot and am having a difficult time finding the process to write the code. Can anyone help
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Where Is Sam? She Is Missed.

Where is Sam? she is missed. What have your robots been upto lately. Are you going to dress them up for Halloween?
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Rc Remote

Rc Remote

i really like to control ez-b with rc remote i have a 6ch channel rc remote controller if i can control ez-b with and rc remote could you show me how ,if not could you add support for rc remote please....
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Ez Robot Math

Hello Again, Has anyone figured out a way to do simple math with ARC? We have servo position and camera coordinates. We are trying to couple them to derive driving and firing solutions, while scanning the camera. We used to do all of that with a Cortex. It seems pretty simple. Maybe we need to go with a different processor. Any thoughts are...
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Ping Radar Running A Script Instead Of Turning Robot?

Would it be resonable to have ARC Execute a Stop command to the movement panel and then run a script if something has tripped the distance trigger? A script could have the robot make a tone with speaker tone or trigger and MP3 with the MP3 Trigger and then it could be programmed to execute a turn or use the ping sensor and ping sensor servo to try...
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Ezb Board Only Red Light Flashing, Not Working.

Ezb Board Only Red Light Flashing, Not Working.

Currently, I just received my EZ Board. I had updated the firmware, and done the servo speed test. After an hour, I...