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Another Question

OK, all this stuff is done in realtime. Now, let's say you have a long complicated project that you want to put on your robot. In order to run it, you just load and connect? Is it possible to save it to a file that would run automatically when you turn on the robot? Just curious? Maybe a BAT file could be made to run it in one click. What do you...
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Something Completely Different

I found i lost interest in the robot building for a while and returned to another cool hobby CNC milling. Anyways I have started building another cool cnc based toy i thought some in this group may find interesting. 3d printing Here is a video showing the printer from another newcomer to printing Hoss's 3d printer printing an owl Thingieverse.com...
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Jumping Robot

Jumping Robot
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This Really Freaking Blows

to be honest i think its the camera...the entire set up started acting like this once i integrated the camera feature.... I AM SOOOOOOO BUMMED OUT.
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Dj, Hs School Robotics Question

My wife is a science teacher in high school. Another teacher approached her and asked if she was interested in being part of a new robotics curriculum that will be offered after the summer. A four year immersion into robotics CNC, rapid prototyping and 3d animation. All this is through a grant, based on introducing High School students to evolving...
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Brookstone Rover Camera Tracking

Hello, I recently downloaded ARC and was able to connect to my Brookstone Rover. How do I get my rover to follow a ball like in the video? It is able to track but in the log it states that tracking is disabled. Please let me know as soon as you can, anyone. Thanks, Chris
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Usability

for Bluetooth is it possible to not be hooked up to a loptop? ex: is it posible to control a robot with a bluetooth joystick while away from the orinignial blutooth source?
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Problems Connecting To Bluetooth

I have never worked with Bluetooth before. But I am having problems. I had a wireless bluetooth keyboard. I plugged the Bluetooth part of it into my computer. I get it blinking and the EZ-B is blinking, but I cannot connect. My computer found and installed three devices when I hooked up the Bluetooth wire and connector. It said they were working...
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My Rad 2.0 Project

i got my RAD 2.0 in a week ago and took him apart to get cleaned so i started on the base,i added 2 very powerful motors same use in NEATO XV-11 the motors do fit,only little longer,plus has a magnetic encoder interface on the neato xv-11 it handles about 40 lb plus neato stuff, so i should have it able to carry over 50 lb will post photos and...
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Joystick

Hello, I have a Rapoo joystick and it has been working just fine but last week it started acting weird. The way it is supposed to work is when you first turn it on it has two lights that flash for a moment and then when it connects it turns on just one light. Last week it started to go back to both light flashing when I was controlling my robot and...
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Grandson Is Trying To Remove ARC

Hi, I wonder if you can help me. My grandson loaded ARC onto his Mac which runs Windows 8. He downloaded it from your website using Bootcamp on his mac. Now windows shows a blank screen after booting. How can he remove this software. He can't seem to remove it using Mac OSX. The permissions will not allow him to read or write to the boot camp...
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Wireless Hub

I purchased an IOGEAR wireless hub and it came with an AC adapter outputing +5 volts at 3.0A to power the wireless unit. Can I hook it up directly to the EZ-B?