Team 842 Line Tracker

[falconmaster]

http://falconroboticsteam842.org/2011linetraking.aspx

We put the new line tracking sensors on last years bot and they seem to be working well. Hopefully they will work this well on th new bot.

[dwodrich]

nice, was this using the default code or did you make changes to the mecanums?

[mwtidd]

Sweet!

Does it ever get lost?

Here's BOB 319 driving to a target using vision:
http://www.screencast.com/users/mtidd/folders/Camtasia/media/7af5ccc5-0af2-4c8b-ab71-d21e94c1c2b2

I found that my system tends to get false positives of being at target every once in a while, its those darn strips on the bottom and top of the target.

I was curious if the line trackers has similar kinds of issues. I could see the robot just wandering off.

[Zachary Pilarsk]

looks good but how are they oriented are there two next to each other or is it just one

[falconmaster]

looks good but how are they oriented are there two next to each other or is it just one

I'll ask Karen...

[DFZXA]

I'm also interested in knowing how far apart your sensors were. We just got ours hooked up and just need to figure out how far apart they need to be, but I guess that really depends on how exact you want to be on the line right?

[MagiChau]

I'm also interested in knowing how far apart your sensors were. We just got ours hooked up and just need to figure out how far apart they need to be, but I guess that really depends on how exact you want to be on the line right?

I think you have to spend a bit of time with trial and error to find the best way to effectively use the tracking lines.

[MHHS-3748 mento]

http://falconroboticsteam842.org/2011linetraking.aspx

We put the new line tracking sensors on last years bot and they seem to be working well. Hopefully they will work this well on th new bot.

very cool
as a rookie mentor to a small rookie team, this looks like magic .... but i am sure we'll get there one day
congrats and have fun
bc

[rutzman]

Reported.