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Unread 01-03-2012, 20:10
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Using camera to track rectangles

I know there are a lot of threads about this, but I wanted to get the opinion of you all if this was worth my time. I'm a new java programmer this year and still getting the hang of everything, but I managed to program our entire robot and get everything up and running.

Now that I have everything critical programmed, I would like to take a shot at tracking the rectangles. Realistically, I am not going to be able to implement this into our robot, but getting a readout on the dashboard of the distance from the hoop could be helpful (this is my main goal for the tracking). If I can't get that to work, I want to at least have a basic understanding of tracking so I can better implement it next year.

Realistically, how complicated is attempting to track the squares with java, and what all is involved? I only have about a week and a half to do this, and really no way to test until I get to competition. Is it worth my time to try it, or should I just wait until the off season?
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