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Glyph Question

Ok, I saw the videos on the robot recognizing the Glyphs. Cool. But, what I did not see was a video or tutorial teaching how to TRAIN the robot to recognize the Glyph. Please forgive me for not seeing this. I am sure it was there. I see where to check the box to recognize a Glyph. But, how do you train it? Also, I would like to recognize pictures...
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Mps Gas Cap Switch

Hey All, Trying to work this MPS Gas Cap into my R2 project. I want to use it as a fail safe switch in case R2 makes a break for it. I want to use it in reverse of what it is advertised for. Basically I want R2's power to be on when the "plug" is in and shut off if the "plug" is pulled. I've tossed it together on my bread board...
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Cheap Distance Sensor - Free Shipping

https://www.dealextreme.com/p/hc-sr04-ultrasonic-sensor-distance-measuring-module-133696 DX is a good site but always takes a while to ship - I'd allow 3-4 weeks in Australia at that is...not sure about US times
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Which Wall-E?

Which Wall-E?

Hi - thanks for the great demo at Maker Faire, DJ. Can you (or anyone else) tell me which Wall-E is shown in your video? It looks like the "U-Command Wall-E" from Thinkway Toys (2008),...
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Chain Together Actions/Results To Create Behaviors?

Hi all. New here. Bought my kit at Maker Fair in CA, waiting for the goods (can't wait!) Quick question for you guys. Thinking about autonomous behavior, is it possible, using the GUI interface, to create linked event models? For for simple example, If this, then that types of events? (I promise I'll read through all the posts before asking simple...
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Power Issues

Hi all I am trying to run a Motherboard processsor hard drive with my battery. I have 2 4200Mah 4S battery packs wired in parrallel. I built my own power supply using 2 LM4712 Votlage regulators w/ heat sinks. I am poweringthe EZB from the 12volt power supply as well as the motherboard. I am using a PICO PSU 160 (200watt) The motherboard is rated...
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Questions For Dj About Joystick

Two weeks ago, i posted a thread about not being able to use logitech gamepad f310 with the ARC (i was too late to reply so i am posting this another thread) i tried multiple ways to get the thing running but am still stuck all buttons work (for assigning) except for analog buttons and directional pad i checked for a switch and it was on D like you...
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Mini-Itx And Power Supply For Sale

Mini-Itx And Power Supply For Sale

I have a new ASRock E350M1 AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core) AMD A50M Hudson M1 Mini ITX in the box with software for sale and a PicoPSU 80 12v 80W DC...
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Schematics On Ezb

will you be able to post schematics on EZB like other companies do so it can be a easy fix for others to fix the board for advance techs or engineers like me not a problem ,other it will be plus what about parts,i know it would be to much for most of us to ship your product back for you to fix.or cost about near the same of a new board some parts...
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Problems I Found Using Windows 7

all windows 7 is a hype ploy for you to upgrade to another operating system i found its not as fast as windows xp pro ,running on the same machine with same software,memery,i check hard drive speed test,and reasorces was at 50 to 60% compare too 10 to 20% now using 64 bit processor it was very fast more bits processing but then alot more power...
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Question About The New Ezb

whats the changes made in version3.1 board then version 3.0
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Writing A Script For Movement Tracking

Hello everyone I've been looking on the examples on how to write a script for enabling/disabling the different camera functions. I included an example of what i am trying to use. however when i start the script i get a message saying that "remoting is not supported for this control". I was curious if someone knows any tricks or settings...