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Green Light Not Coming On On The Charger, But Robot Saying Battery Is Low

The red light is on but the green light is not when I connect to the charger to the roli battery, but when I turn the robot on it says its battery is low.
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Step One Of Assembly Instructions For Jd Robot

Step One Of Assembly Instructions For Jd Robot

I have finished assembling my jd robot, but still am not sure where the two shoulder servos listed in instruction number one are...
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Jeremie Says Hello

Jeremie Says Hello

Welcome to Saturday nights with DJ and Jeremie
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Servo Failure

Servo Failure

Morning All Today I upgraded to the latest software but now all my servos have stopped working. I rebooted both EZ and my laptop and rebuilt my servo controls but I get no response from any of...
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Fasteners For Robot Building Projects

It don't take any time to add up the money when buying fasteners here and there. So looking for complete kits that contain a large assortments. The best found so far are: Actobotics AllElectronics HansenHobbies Microfasteners RobotMarketPlace RTLFasteners SDP-SI Any other suggestions or recommendations?
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Wiring Specification For Extensions

Wiring Specification For Extensions

Does any one know how to add extension wire to the servo wire connector without cutting or modifing the black clip end and does any one know if the...
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Servo Horn Adapter Installation

Servo Horn Adapter Installation

So I hay my servo motors mounted in place so I can install the servo adapter horns but I don't have any idea what these rubber garments and brace garments are...
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Camera Device Visual Options

Camera Device Visual Options

I use a few EZ-Robot video cameras for my different robots.. the design of the camera allows not always the installation in the correct position.. and my problem...
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Best New Robot Movie : Automata

Best New Robot Movie : Automata

I just got done watching this awsome 2014 movie about robots that oddly enough look very similar to the inmoove robot just with legs I would love to see a...
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Press Of A Button.Led

I have an LED magician and I'd like to be able to control the routine and the speed using ezb. Doable? If so how do i set it up in ARC. How do i connect it to the EZB? The manual discusses using a micro controller at the bottom of the manual.
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Myosaurus Rex

here's another feather for myo users.there is also mindcraft.
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Can I Use Httppost Or Other Triggers For Octoblu? (Newb Question)

I am doing some playing on a machine-to-machine called Octoblu. One basic event trigger is HTTPPost to a specific URL. Can I use this command? If I cannot, is anyone else using Octoblu? If so, please contact me to exchange info. Fair warning, I am NOT a programmer, I am a hardware engineer, so even the most obvious answers to you may be great...