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Adding Pre-Programmed Dance To Robo-Scratch

Adding Pre-Programmed Dance To Robo-Scratch

Hi there, I have spent half the day researching and toying with an issue with a program for the JD Humanoid.  I am pretty sure it's...
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MPU9250 Accelerometer, Gyro, Temperature, Compass Upgrade Request

MPU9250 Accelerometer, Gyro, Temperature, Compass Upgrade Request

@DJ, I know I have this open under feature request, How hard would it be to use the...
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Some EZ-Robot/Synthiam Hardware And More For Sale

Some EZ-Robot/Synthiam Hardware And More For Sale

Greetings, all, long time no see. I've decided to sell off a portion of my robotics hardware. (Please advise if this post...
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Tuttorial About Talk Servo For Leds

Tuttorial About Talk Servo For Leds

hi is there a window for talk servo with led?insteadt of inmoove mouth opens, while talking,but with a led then.
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Weather RSS Through Iotiny Speaker

How do I get this to come out of the IoTiny speaker? SpeakRSS("https://www.rssweather.com/zipcode/44310/rss.php", 1) I tried SayEZB several different ways but no luck. EZ Script please Thanks
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Wireless Connection To Arduino?

I’m building Spot Micro Next. The base design uses a Arduino Mega.  I’d like to use ARC to program the robot.   Has anyone worked out how to wirelessly interface to an arduino with ARC?
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EZ Robot's Newest HDD Servo

I have a question about running the EZ HDD servos heavy duty, The specs say 7.4 volts to 8.4 maximum volts operating range. So if I am running the EZB4 the output servo voltage will always be same as input battery voltage. Now I have 2 type of Big Amp current battery a 7.4 Lipo 5000 Ma 50c burst charge( running great 5 years no problems) but I also...
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Invert Direction

I noticed that on the Talk servo 2, the "invert direction" does not work, it just stops the servo dead. Has anyone noticed this? Figures it out, invert direction has to be less than 90. EzAng
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Camera Device Does Not Work And Arc Freezes When I Try To Connect To The Robot/

Basically, I was trying to connect to my robot today but it didn't work as ARC continued to freeze after connecting, and the camera never was working. I am close to finishing hacking my Roomba but unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to be finished today or this...
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Copy And Paste Multiple Blocks In Blockly

Copy And Paste Multiple Blocks In Blockly

I would like to request a copy and paste for large amounts of blocks in Blockly. Maybe it's already available but I haven't been able to...
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360 Servo Speech Command Limitation Settings

360 Servo Speech Command Limitation Settings

I am trying to open a window with a 360 servo and the speech recognition. The gears and the servo mount have been printed. The servo...
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T265 Realsence Viewer.Exe On An Upboard

T265 Realsence Viewer.Exe On An Upboard

Hi DJ. Have you tested an Upboard Using the realsense Viewer.exe file for the T265. and was able to run the realsence program on the Upboard?...