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I Just Have 5 Questions Regarding Your Product

What type of archieture are you using for this controller board ( x86, ARM, etc)? 2. How much onboard RAM (total) is available verses dedicated RAM (how much RAM does a user get after the overhead)? 3. I uses the arduino and BS2, which both can't multi-task, so does your controller really multi-task? 4. If the RAM is SD-card type, what your max...
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Deleting From The Ez-Cloud

Accidentally saved my example to the cloud - twice... can't seem to find where I delete the additional copy. Any suggestions or DJ Sures can you delete it? See bottom of Cloud examples ... the AI Navigation is extra and the title miss leading.... Thanks
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Dj I Have Another Idea For Module For Ezb

ever thoght about adding LASER sensor to EZB a low cost LASER is NEATO XV-11 LIDAR and they say specs are close to the HOKUYO that goes for $1175,ebay you can get a complete NEATO XV-11 vacuum working good for $200 or used one (not always a good idea) for less i also have 11 LIDAR SENSORS that are tested with GUI program by a board made by another...
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Posting Updates

Just wondered how the masses are handling the periodic updates of ARC.... Do you uninstall the previous version before installing the new one? Or are you just installing right over top of the previous version? Love all the updates. Just trying to post them in an efficient manner -John
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Suggest A H-Bridge?

Hey Guys, First time poster, I was wondering if I could get some advice from the veterans. After seeing DJ's wall-e robot, I've been working on making my own for a while. Originally I was looking to do it using a netduino as I'm a .NET developer but kept hitting some bricks walls I couldn't get passed. So now I'm looking to move it over to using...
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Possible Alternative To Navigation

Possible Alternative To Navigation

This is an idea I have for some time and I would like a little squeeze. A navigation system for corridors but also for the house in general. This is...
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Brookstone Rover Camera Not Seen In ARC

I was configuring a project last night and at one point the camera in the brookstone rover quit being read in the ARC panel. Previously I had it chasing a ball,etc and it worked fine. I double checked the camera with the IPAD and it works fine. I have changed batteries in the rover and rebooted my PC, etc. The ARC panel is setup for brookstone...
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Using ARC To Naviagate Robot From A To B And Return

Using ARC To Naviagate Robot From A To B And Return

Sorry about TYPO - I mean Navigate... I'm trying to get the Robot to go from the Lounge room corner to the kitchen -...
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Floor Map - Was It A Bug Or Suitability Question

Sorry as this may have been resolved but what was the final outcome of Floor Map as it seemed to be unable to save distance traveled by a robot. I'm not even sure what Floor Map was intended for ?
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Ez_B Ai For Robots Question

Hi DJ, this question is mainly directed at you. All the talk of Artificial Intelligence in our Robots via ARC is great. I use the personality generator and it really gives the illusion Bobs up to something. I'm quite excited about extending this and was wondering how far away the next extension of this is via the ARC version update. Also, to...
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Questions With Speech Recognition

My speech recognition was working, although has always been a bit flakey (sometimes works, sometimes didn't) but in the last few days it has stopped completely. Other posts made me think that it was language incompatibility based and if I run debug I get the following message when I try to add the speech recognition control: "The language for...
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Quick Battery Question

which one of these should i use to control the ez-b that'll be connected to 5-6 servos and 2-3 sensors? 12v 2.3Ah or 12v 5Ah or 12v 3.4Ah feel free to let me know if my specs are wrong