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Lots Of Script Examples

HAZBOT, lots of script Examples in Examples. Also, read the SDK and regular Release notes. Mel
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Can You Init Roomba From EZ-Script?

Is it possible to click the init button on the Roomba movement panel through a software function? This way, I could just power up the notebook and then the EZB and have it call the start-up script and then do the number to the Roomba so I could control the Roomba without having to hit that button. Everything done in one swift step. Also, I am...
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Celebrate The Worlds Greatest Robot Made It To Mars

Robot enthusiasts starting out with your EZ-B, check out the greatest most expensive robot ever made. Called " Curiosity" it recently landed on Mars, cost about $2.5 billion and is as big as a car. It has an amazing design and totally incredible. Click To Watch Video
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Connection Failures With The Ez-B

I bought an ez-b about 4-5 months back and only used it three to four times the thing is that i used it for a robot and so i used up about 7-8 ports (6 of them were for servos) i realized that i got connection failures for that because i was only using 5 double A batteries so then again tried it with a 6 volt battery and then a nine volt battery,...
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Using Servo Speed

Using Servo Speed

Hi All, I've put together a script and I need some help refining it a little. When you say hands-up, my robot lifts up both arms, turns his head slowly left to right and then puts his...
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An Evening Of Sushi And Sensors...

SO I had a bad Ping sensor in my kit, the guys at EZ-R were having a hell of a time convincing their distributor that it was really bad and were demanding that EZ-R PROVE IT before they would replace it. What a drag (and poor customer support on the Dist.'s side.) In the meantime, Alan (the other 50% of EZ-R) is hanging out in Sunnyvale, CA. Get's...
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Robie Jr Getting Hacked....:)

Robie Jr Getting Hacked....:)

Ok so I have a Robbie Jr and thought it was too small to mod. I'm looking for ideas but I just saw irobot scooba and realized its so simple I could for sure do...
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Typos In Script Manual

DJ, I noticed a few apparent typos in the script manual for the following commands, where the listed examples don't match the syntax of the command definition. PWMRandom (digitalPort, lowSpeed, highSpeed) ServoSpeedRandom (servoPort, lowSpeed, highSpeed) SetRandom (digitalPort) SpeakRSSDescription( url, [story index] ) I2CWrite( hexAddress, data,...
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Twitching Servo

Heya, Today I played around with my robot, and one of the servos started "twitching", and I mean really twitching. It responds when I change its position, but it wont hold it and starts going crazy instead twitching back and forth. I've tried different ports on the EZ-B so I know it's the servo. Is there anything I can do about it, or is...
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Dynamixel Mx-28

Hi, I need your help I have a project a humanoid robot. How to connect a servo dynamixel mx-28 to ez-b controller? Thanks.
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Ping Distance To Servo

is it possible to use Ez Script to read Ping Distance and output a specific value to a servo motor, eg Ping_wait(d15, d16, lower, 150) then give a servo a specific value eg, move servo(d0, 45) My Robot uses two servo motors to control a joystick --------------------------------- Panic over it now accepts commands
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Chat Bot

i want to make a advanced chatbot for my website but i dont know how to i can only find websites that let you make simple chatbots