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Questor: compact autonomous test robot with EZ-B control, camera 'nose', IR LEDs, remote-control option and auto-charging goals for Magnus prototypes

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Bumper Contact Switch Scripting

What is the best way to add a home made bumper contact sensor/switch as my sonar is not quite enough to avoid certain obstacles,is there a simple script example I could follow for a contact switch?
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Shorted Out EZB

Shorted Out EZB

Hey Guys, Well it seems I'm having a couple of days of stupidity...because I appear to have damaged one of my EZB v4. I was connecting the UART cable to an Arduino and stupidly connected it...
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Hey Guys Any Way To Convert This Arduino Script Into The Ezb V4 Platform?

Hey Guys Any Way To Convert This Arduino Script Into The Ezb V4 Platform?

There is a company in india making these awesome cheap boards (way cheaper...
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Old Boring Hardware You've Seen Before

Old Boring Hardware You've Seen Before

Old stuff coming our way..... arduino.cc/pro And this is a nice old 12 bit servo driver https://www.adafruit.com/product/815 ...and lets...
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Autoposition Changes All Servospeeds

Autoposition Changes All Servospeeds

Hi In my InMoov project i have some movements that I am trying to do at different speeds occasionally. In this instance, I want to move the head...
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Absolute Beginner Guide To Controlling A Single Servo

Hi, I finally got my power supply and powered up my EZ-Robot EZ-B v4 board today.  I have managed to connect to it via wifi but after that I am completely lost. I have searched for and attempted tutorials on site but the tutorials always seem to assume you know certain things and therefore appear to have crucial steps and information ommitted....
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Cant Get Smooth Motions

Cant Get Smooth Motions

i bin trying to make smooth motions,but i am not able to do. there are some setting missing or deleted ? its to slow or to fast.i also try the standard settings.
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Sound Servo (PC Speaker)

How do I centre my sound servo to 90 degrees? It is a horizontal servo for a head, set to move between 60 and 120 degrees but always moves to 60 degrees when audio has stopped playing.
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Pwm Servos Movement Range

I'm using hitech  pwm servos with ezbv4. The movement range is  180 or more, but ezb software doesn't allow the  whole range. Can Synthiam make a plug-in for configuring the range as required ?
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Midi Control Returns An Error

Midi Control Returns An Error

I have added the midi control. When i open configuration i have this error message. How can i fix this ? Version: 2020.01.05.00 System.MissingMethodException:...
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Turn Adventurebot Using Angles

Turn Adventurebot Using Angles

I am pretty new to working on the AdventureBot, and a class project requires me to make it turn at certain angles, such as turn left 55 degrees, turn right 34...
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Sendserial Doesn't Work Correctly

Sendserial Doesn't Work Correctly

I'm doing some experimentation sending  a serial message ( 115200 baud rate) to ezbv4. The project sends  a packet of 10 bytes every 100 mS.  The packet...