Pixy Camera and FRC Vision Processing
 

Hey guys,
I recently bought a Pixy Camera (see more information here) for use with another project that our team is working on, then I had a thought? Could you use this for image processing in FRC? Maybe to identify boulders on the field or the high goal? Is this legal / viable / useful in your opinion?

Thanks

Re: Pixy Camera and FRC Vision Processing
 

Tracking of the goals might be possible with the pics if you're using something like the green led ring around it. However tracking of the boulders I don't think would work. Pixy is meant to track coloured objects and and not grey/black (like the boulders).

Re: Pixy Camera and FRC Vision Processing
 

Technically, you can use any sensor that fits the budget constraints and is powered correctly. The pixy seems highly tuned to a certain sensor task, so if you can get the field elements to look like what it does well, it may be a good choice. But beware of cute square pegs when your robot has round holes.

Greg McKaskle