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Struggling With Autoposition

Struggling With Autoposition

Not a fan of the autoposition, but I had to tackle it for the drink robot because unlike servo recorder, I needed the robot to precisely grab a cup and repeat...
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New To ARC App First Time Use Issues With Public EZ Apps Button?

I am new to my school and I am in charge of the robotics class. There are several EZrobots, and I am trying to setup the app. I have successfully logged in. I'm looking to get into the public EZ and I get this message Server was unable to process request.---> value was either too large or too small for an Int16.  Error, check application log. I...
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How To Have Aimlbot Speak Response

How To Have Aimlbot Speak Response

I have many programs that I created with the AimlBot / Bing Speech recognition programs. I would like the AimlBot to speak the response the same way the...
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Is Pandorabot Still Running

Is Pandorabot Still Running

Just was wondering , is anyone else using the Pandorabot ? Seems recently that when I try to use it, the Pandora replies that its unable to process request, please...
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ARC Wont Connect To EZB

I pulled an EZB -v4 out of the closet today wanting to use it as a bench tester for my robot. I cant seem to have ARC connect to it over Wifi. Arc can find it but won't connect. Here's the debug info I get. Can you guys see anything? : Attempting connection on 192.168.0.64:23 Connected to 192.168.0.64:23 Reports EZB v4 OS With Comm 2 Firmware...
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ARC Software New Version

ARC Software New Version

Arc ver 2021.03.02 is freezing. Need to use previous version. Has anyone else reported problems?
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JSON To Mjbots Quad Robot Series

JSON To Mjbots Quad Robot Series

My robot wants to communicate via JSON commands (it is controlled via JSON from a browser) but I need to use ARC to talk to it. It also sends a lot of data...
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Change The Background Image?

Change The Background Image?

Is there a way to change the background for the layout? I am aware of the background for the animation controls, I am referring to the general UI background.
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Servo Positions To 270 Degrees

Servo Positions To 270 Degrees

Can I use a servo like this one to get 270 degrees of motion with EZB and ARC? https://www.amazon.com/ANNIMOS-Digital-Waterproof-DS3218MG-Control/dp/B076CNKQX4
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Distance Detection For NMS

Distance Detection For NMS

I am slowly getting all the quirks with the T265 worked out by docking etc. We really need some distance sensing as well so we can get better detail of our...
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C# Commands To Perform Sequential Actions That Wait To Complete Priors

C# Commands To Perform Sequential Actions That Wait To Complete Priors

If we use these two commands back to back (and in either order) the second one...
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Is There Any Way To Detect If The Bing Speech Recognition Is Paused?

Is there any way to detect if the Bing Speech Recognition is "paused" or not? Alexa lights up LEDs when she is "listening". I wanted to write a script to light an LED that tells me when Bing is listening--the pause button is off, but I see no variables available for Bing's "Pause" feature.