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NMS Faux Odometry by Synthiam
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Estimate pose odometry from movement distance for robots without encoders, calibrated by speed. Suited for DIY navigation; pose drifts with lidar.

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Hack a blue Roomba using an EZ-B v4 and extension cables; progress made while waiting for correct 7-pin PS2 connectors.

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Question Linking Ez-B And Older Roomba

Hey, Everyone, I bought and old roomba on ebay and was able to get it running again. I'm having trouble linking it to my ez-b. I have a 4225 Scheduler version of the roomba and have made a patch cord per DJ's specifications. I can get the roomba to turn on but no other commands are followed. I read the discussions in the forum and tried cleaning...
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How To Use Glyph Recognition

You can pres the question mark button on any control to receive help on it. Due to the number of questions you ask and time u take from my development, I will be adding code to limit your posts per day.
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Question About Digital Ports

When we are talking digital ports, can Any digital port be used for ANY digital application? For instance if the Roomba on the Tutorial is using D0 and D1 and I am already using those ports, may I use ANY port, say D14,D15 to do the same thing? Or, should i switch the roomba to D0 and D1 and use D14 , D15 for the Other app? Thanks, Mel
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Using The Ez-B Firmware Updater

then I enable warnings I get this Warning: Line 2: Fixing Diff: 4 Warning: Line 676: Skipping Type: 4 Warning: Line 677: Impossible Diff: -10780 Address: 0x0, SB Size: 0x5438 Image OK Is this due to me or the Fact that I have nothing attached to the EZ-B or what? I tried plug and Play with the Cam and 2 servos and it saw nothing at first then when...
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Ai Software

I am looking for some information on AI software. I remember reading some were about Leaf and I have no clue about it. I would like to start some kind of AI software on my laptop just to play around with it. At some point (soon) I would like to build a robot that has AI and an on board computer (something real small). I don't know where to start?...
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Spare Wall-E U-Command Tread?

Lost one looking for a replacement. Any help appreciated.
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Wifi Help

did anyone get the wifi to work?
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How To Use Autotracking And Select Auto

Do NOT see Autotracking Anywhere to select Auto. I have the latest version. Thanks, Mel
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Camera Turns On Fine, But Doesn't Turn Off

Camera Turns On Fine, But Doesn't Turn Off

Camera turns on fine, but doesn't turn off. I hold it down for two seconds and it turns on. But, I cannot get it to turn off unless the...
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Robot Bob Wants To Speak - What's Best For The Ez-B

My wife is now laughing at our EZ-B home bot "Bob" because he's speachless. Does anyone have the rundown on what's needed in the hardware department to plug into the EZ-B and can we get it from DJ or is there toy hack involved. Hope someone can assist, Hazbot
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Speech Recognition & Sparkfun Mp3 Trigger & Other Questions

Hi, I'm just learning the EZ-B and trying to work it into my full Size Lost in Space B9 robot build. I'm real excited about the speech recognition and have started working with it in the ARC through my laptop. I have a couple questions; It's been suggested to me here in another thread that I should use a Sparkfun MP3 Trigger in my robot along with...
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Gps

DJ, Do you have any tutorials for using the GPS functions? I have a Bluetooth GPS that works fine on the PC. I can see the GPS data streaming in Hyperterminal. But ARC doesn't show any data. It says it's connected to COM 3, but no data.