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Friday Night Chat - Come Join In! March 16Th

Friday Night Chat - Come Join In! March 16Th

Friday Night Chat - Come Join In! Friday March 16, 2012 9pm EST - Eastern Standard Time This event repeats every week where...
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See Me.

Came across this and thought it might be of interest. See me in the mirror for the first time.
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Servospeed

Servospeed

Hello, When I take a servo and test the speed control by it's self it works just fine however when I put it into a script with other servos it seems to just skip over the speed comands. Can I get a...
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Need Suggestion On Using Ez-B Kit

Need Suggestion On Using Ez-B Kit

Hey guys, I'm very excited waiting for my kit to arrive however after reading and watching the tutorial videos im still confused on how to get started....
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Best Way / How To Make A Bump Or Contact Sensor

Best Way / How To Make A Bump Or Contact Sensor

So how does everyone make bump sensors. Is like to have a second sensor so that if omni runs into the edge iof a table or...
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Looking For Omnibot 2000 Gears...Maybe Some Of You Dont Need Them Anymore

Hi there! I know there is some of you out there upgrading and rebuilding Tomys vintage Omnibot 2000. I am wondering if anyone of you have some parts and leftovers they dont plan on using anymore. I am especially looking for gears of the motorized arm and a circuit board to get my robot which I had picked up at a local fleamarket working again. I...
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Thank You Dj And Ez-B

I just wanted to say "thank you" to DJ. The EZ-B is truly revolutionary and brings a realization to many of us who have dreamed of building our own personal robots. This forum is also a blessing. I have never been more proud to be associated with a group of people who are so helpful and friendly. It is funny how so many, who are into...
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Does The Camera Have To Be Attached To The Servos That Move It

hello Had an idea, since my wall e has a bunch of servos and light in his eyes, i wont be able to install my ezb cam in the head.... i was wondering.... if set up the camera above my monitor (stationary, separate from my wall-e) and i assign the wall-e neck servos (neck left and right and neck up and down) to the camera will wall-e head move (as if...
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How To Cut Plastic Without Melting It

here is a idea kinda close to what they use at factory ,like where i work and desgign using platics,sensor and more for in-house tester what i made i took a old wet saw and replace the blade with a stainless steel fine tooth blade and made shore plenty of water is inside the machine,can also make your own too go very slow cut stop and go again,cuts...
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Where Is The Ez-B Manual?

Hey guys, In the early days of EZ-Robot, I think a manual in a PDF form, was easily access on this site. Where is it? The one the site now is not what Im looking for. I need some answers for the questions: If anyone could help, that be great.. Max current/amp: 5amp? hence the 5amp fuse Max current/amp on a single I/O: DC current per I/O pin:...
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How Can I Change My Email Address In My Settings

Sorry to bother everyone with this but I can not find any information on how to change your email address. If you can help it would be great. BC
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Parallax Ping Sensor

HI EVERY ONE, HAS ANY ONE TRIED TO USE THE PING SENSOR FROM PARALLAX, IT ONLY USES THREE CONNECTIONS, THE GRN,PWR,AND SIGNAL. THE ONLY SENSOR LISTED FOR THE EZ-B IS FOR THE HC SR04.