Team Update 10 (2016)
 

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

Um hello G35?
I'm not seeing any actual use for this.

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

Camera tracking could be considered control, and its possible for an alliance member in the spy box to control the camera of a robot.

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

I'm seeing this as a huge strategic opportunity.

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

I'm seeing it as a nightmare for q'ing up.

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

If something pulses "at 0.5 Hz for 3 seconds" then it pulses 1.5 times.

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

See Q803.


Edits:
You're welcome; that's why I asked.

It will usually be easier for an ASL or other recon signer to learn to use flags or Q-codes in the queue than for a flag signaler to learn enough ASL to be useful.

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

This will mean a new version of Cheezy Vision.

Robot based control camera for autonomous manual targeting and dive.

:eek:

Aloha!

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

Probably should be 1 Hz with 50% duty cycle

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

Yeah it is possible now but that doesn't make it practical.

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Not so fast. G14 still applies.

-G

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

Quite true.. Just remove autonomous from my previous statement.

Seems cumbersome to have a spy controlling the robot, though could be useful since there is potentially many things in the line of sight from the drivers station...

Could be interesting..

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

I'm sure other people have more grandiose plans, but the main thing I think it will be used for is to tell the robot which way and how far to turn to find a boulder, target, or defense well enough for the driver or semi-auto targeting routines to take over. Something like "boulder at 4-o'clock".

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

So I'm thinking the robot can see a spy with a reflective tape hat so they can lock onto the spy. The robot can do simple color matches, so I can see holding two flags (*) below the hat. One with red and green sides, one with blue and white sides. Green forward, red reverse. Blue left, white right. No color, stop. Might mean the spy has to wear a black shirt (**).

Lots of teams working on vision, this may be a time to make that effort pay off.

(*) I was really thinking large ping pong paddles with colors on each side, but flag works too.

(**) Danger is if it sees a Wildstang shirt the robot will break into a happy dance.

Re: Team Update 10 (2016)
 

EDIT GeeTwo correctly pointed out that G14 does indeed prohibit direct interaction with the robot during Auto.
Thus, my comment below about G14 is incorrect. EDIT


It really has my juices flowing!!

EXACTLY THIS!!! Two retro tags held by the Spy to guide the robot.

G14 applies to interaction with the driver's console, not the robot.