What Camera do you useon your robot?
 

Our programming team is trying to work on vision tracking and due to some issues with wiring were looking into getting a new camera. So what kind of camera do you use on your robot?

~Thanks

Re: What Camera do you useon your robot?
 

Us on Team 20 used a D-Link network camera this year, but that's not something that most teams do. Most typically use an Axis webcam or use the Microsoft Kinect (which was included in the 2012 Kit of Parts).

As far as setting up vision targeting, there are multiple ways to go about getting it up and running, ranging from 341's incredible 2012 vision system to the WPILib examples for vision on the cRIO, to a basic RoboRealm script from an on-board computer.

Which approach is best for you depends solely on how comfortable your team is with the given technology you'd like to implement.

Relevant Vision/Camera Documentation:

• Kinect
  • 987's 2012 Vision Whitepaper
  • 1706's 2012 Vision Whitepaper
  • 3142's 2012 Vision Whitepaper
  • RoboRealm Tutorial for Kinect
• Axis
  • WPILib Vision Processing Documentation
  • WPILib Axis Camera Setup Instructions
  • RoboRealm Tutorial for Axis Camera
  • 341's 2012 Vision Whitepaper

EDIT: Here's the links to the official, Kit of Parts documentation on the Axis M1011 and Axis 206 Cameras.

Re: What Camera do you useon your robot?
 

Disclaimer: the method 1706 used is really mathematically intense and I do not recommend it, unless you're going to use the pose as a check on the gyro like we are planning on doing. I'm in the process of writing another paper for the 2013 vision system my team had this year for class, which will be posted on here before the build season, promise :D