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Grip ,Servo Out Of Service After Calibration Fine

I am french, and the grip servo from jd is out of service after fine calibration?
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Heathkit Hero Jr + Ez Board

Heathkit Hero Jr + Ez Board

Hello all, New member here! I just acquired a working Hero Jr and was wondering whats would be the best way to connect an EZ-B 4 to it? Thanks, Amado
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Companion Robot

Companion Robot

Hi everyone, as im going to be bringing 2 vintage robots into the 21st century, i am wanting also to eventually build my girlfriend a companion bot. She lives overseas in asia, and it's...
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Ez Lipo Balancer/Charger

since I had quite a severe Lipo battery explosion a few weeks ago that nearly set my place on fire,due to my lack of understanding charging modern battery packs. I have made it my mission to research everything about all battery types Nickel cadium,Nimh high power and Lipo high power. I do have a few older nickel battery packs that I have re...
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Inverse Kinematic

Inverse Kinematic

This is a 2 part question on Revolution Six. 1. Has anyone added servos to Six to give it 18 dof? 2. Has anyone added code for inverse kinematics to improve the gait?
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On/Off Switches

On/Off Switches

I'm very new to building robots and I was wondering if someone could tell me how to connect an on off switch with the LiPo battery to power the EZ B V4 controller?
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Ezb-Rad Robot Ready For Field Investigating All By Itself

Absolutely thrilled at how easy it is to program the paranormal self-investigating project Rad robot using the EZB-4 system . All I can say is for the small cost of the EZB computer and an old 1990 toy robot bought for a few dollars at a flee market,this is amazing guys! thank you so much for developing this system! i am ready for actual out door...
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Ez-B Battery

Hello DJ Sures, Me again, I just had a quick question about what batteries you can use with the EZ-B. Can you use any Li-Po battery aslong as it is under 9v? If so, what would you suggest? Thanks, Joshua
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Replacing Servos In Jd's Foot

I'm upgrading the servos in JD's feet to HDD and I think I remember seeing detailed step by step instructions on how to replace the servos.... but after extensive searching I can't find them Any idea if such instructions exist? Thanks, Frank
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Feature Request - Invert Option On Auto Position Screen

As a newbie I have been playing around with a lot of different frames/actions to get used to the auto position control. I kept getting confused on the direction the servo was moving, espicially when SIX was not connected. To make it easier I changed the servo orientation so when I increase the servo value it would always move the servo forward or...
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Led Battery Charging Test

Hi everybody, Could someone help me with this bac to basics trick which should allow me to connect an LED to the leads which connect to the battery charger when my robot docks so, when charging current is running through, the LED lights up? I wish to do this without using any controller so no ADC port, no HIGH/LOW digital port, just an LED and...
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Change Colour From Rolli

Sometimes I see robots of EZ in other colors. What is the best way to change the color? I thought of paint spray or foil? I thought I was waiting for your experiences. The head of JD makes me most worried. I have to take care of my eyes. How did you do that?