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Dobot Magician Spare Parts

Question: My ___________________ for my Dobot Magician/Magician Light is broken/missing/not working, what can I do? Answer: Ben Sawyer from InPosition Technologies has given us a pricelist of spare parts! InPosition is the certified repair company in the US, and they are the place to go...

Should I use Dobots?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

So which robots should I use in my classroom? Dobots? Lynxmotion? Rotrics? Fanuc? Great question! Jim and I use Dobot’s exclusively in our classrooms for many reasons. One of which is because we wrote the curriculum for them: Teach and Playback and Blockly. Below we have come up with some justification...

Can Students Use DobotStudio without Admin rights?

Written by Chris Hurd.

Question: In a nutshell…we have been working on getting the software installed as a testing means and have no issues running the software in a profile that has admin rights. However, as I am sure you are familiar with…students don’t get admin rights to their profile…and so...

How do I make my Dobot Magician talk to a VEX Cortex?

Written by Chris Hurd.

Question: How do I make my Dobot Magician talk to a VEX Cortex? Answer: It’s called handshaking and it is probably one of the more difficult tasks when working with robots and machines. We use an optical isolator so as not to damage any of the equipment with incompatible voltages, so be sure...

All my positions are a bit off… how do I fix them?

Written by Chris Hurd.

Question: Some of my positions are a bit off… like all of my above positions have a different Z value. Is there any way to fix this? Answer: Yup. It’s called “touching up” points and it’s very easy to do. It increases accuracy, and lets you get away without recording...

Can You Duplicate Points In DobotStudio?

Written by Chris Hurd.

Question: Can you duplicate points in DobotStudio so I don’t have to record so many points for a complicated motion? Answer: Of course you can! It’s as easy as copy and paste. It makes your movements much more accurate too!

Dobot to Dobot Handshake!

Written by Chris Hurd.

We did it! We made a dobot magician talk to another one and make it start. We even added a VEX switch as an input to start the first one. It is easy to do, but one word of caution: Never connect or disconnect any wires to the dobot while it is powered on; always power it down first. Damage may result! Ok,...

How do I buy a Dobot Magician?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Great question! Luckily the answer is, as always, “It’s easy!” I just purchased eight of them for my CIM class after testing them for the better part of the last six months. I feel that they are so much more accurate and durable than anything else I have used in my classroom to...

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Dobot Magician Spare Parts

Should I use Dobots?

Can Students Use DobotStudio without Admin rights?

How do I make my Dobot Magician talk to a VEX Cortex?

All my positions are a bit off… how do I fix them?

Can You Duplicate Points In DobotStudio?

Dobot to Dobot Handshake!

How do I buy a Dobot Magician?

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