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Unread 09-01-2012, 00:47
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Re: Reflective Tape Purpose

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Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92 View Post
Remember that this is supposed to be retro-reflective tape, meaning that light will be reflected back to the source. This means that maybe shining some sort of light may allow you to better pick up the rectangles and distinguish the shapes from the rest of the image. In any case, good luck!
HA! I had something in my post about adding a big IR flood to the robot and using an IR pass filter on the camera to fix the lighting problem. Sounds like I might have been headed the right direction. Thanks!

-Mike
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