[Greg McKaskle]

If you had a rookie kit, I believe it should have been in the kit. Report this to FIRST.

When being evaluated in 2008, less expensive cameras would have latency of more than half of a second. The Axis is more like 60ms. The cameras has HW to speed image compression and generally has a nice programming API.

While you can use other cameras and sensors on the robot, the WPILib support is specific to Axis. Also keep in mind that the controller doesn't have a USB port, so Kinect and USB cameras will not work without an additional board.

Greg McKaskle