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NMS Navigation Data …
Query NMS lidar scan data by angle, with control commands for range, arc extremes, and obstacle...
Rplidar
Slamtec Lidar driver for ARC; scans 360° and publishes distance data to NMS for mapping, obstacle...
Kinect Xbox 360 Dept…
Converts Xbox 360 Kinect depth frames into NMS obstacle scans for ARC path planning, SLAM, and...
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EZB UART parser and Serial-TCP bridge to connect EZ-Robot cameras via Teensy USB, enabling ARC camera control and USB-to-serial bridging.
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Surveillance tank with EZ-B and XBee XSC900 for long-range control, Android IP camera streaming video, Vex treads, RoboClaw, 2x5000mAh packs
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Camera No Longer Works
Recently purchased one of the newer cameras, less than a month old. The camera for some reason no longer works, it gets super super hot, the heat sink has come unglued from the chip and the lense has come loose as well hanging by the ribbon cable. The light no longer comes on either. I can post the debug information if needed but at this point when...
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R/C Receiver
Can model airplane r/c receiver be Connected to ezb for long range manual control . Possibly use fpv gear for video/telemetry Also have 433mhz serial modems , for telemetry.
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DJ Sures |
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Defective Parts
I recently ordered two six robots and some extra servos and some sensors from brookstone. I have a defective camera....I followed the advice here and confirmed bad camera after swapping in the other. Also reseated connectors and both circuit boards in bad camera, no help. I also have three bad lever servos...they just dont respond at all. I also...
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DJ Sures |
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New Option For Enhanced Speech Recognition
Google has just opened their speech API that powers Google now to developers, and at least for now it is free: https://www.speechtechblog.com/2016/03/23/google-opens-access-speech-api I haven't looked at the API yet to see what would be involved, but I imagine a plugin would not be out of the question. Alan
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CochranRobotic… |
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It's.It's.Omg It's A Cylon
It's now only a matter of time before they enslave us. Thanx!
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johnnywheels |
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New Ezb V4 Controller Connects And Disconnects On ARC Windows, Mobile. Cam
Hello; I have owned a EZB v3 for 4years and it worked fine. I just received a brand new EZBv4 controller and camera yesterday. I bought fresh rechargeable batteries and powered it up. Did the startup speech, networked it with my windows computer, tried my android phone and my win10 tablet. It connects "DING!" and then disconnects in a...
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RR333 |
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Interesting Article And Discussion Describing What Servos Are And How They Work
Saw this today on Hack-a-day. Nothing new to me, but it ties directly to a conversation I was having recently with @RR333 about using a DC motor and why I thought a servo better fit his needs. https://hackaday.com/2016/03/24/hackaday-dictionary-servo-motors/ Alan
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Bagman57 |
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Abadi's I Want To Use Virtual Reality
Use virtual reality to control a robot, give directions, and perform simple tasks.
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Peadro Robot Build
6 DOF robotic arm 12 volt gear motor driven tracked chassis with 10 pound capactiy 12 volt 6 amp hour battery Im going to use a DROK step down to lower the voltage where i like it for...
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clintard |
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Usbfridge's My Robot Idea Is To Make A Lar
Large, precise wearable robotic arm mounted to a person's shoulder to extend reach and enable precise object manipulation
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Servos For Hero 1
Hi all In my on-again/off-again Hero 1 reburb project I've given up on trying to use the stepper motors for the steering, head and arms. Can someone suggest a good sized servo or setup...
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TNMike |
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Voice Recognition
Hi, I'm using the voice recognition control and it is working quite well. I do a lot of presentations and show this feature often. Just before moving on to another control, I pause the VR (checkbox) but for reasons unknown the setting does not hold. I works initially. While I'm presenting, the robot responds to my voice and performs actions (sit,...
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tom.caine |