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Unread 07-01-2015, 12:49
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Re: Visibility

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Originally Posted by catacon View Post
Put a webcam or two on the robot. You should be able to get images of a useful size at a usable frame rate with the allowed bandwidth. It may not help with knowing the absolute location of the robot on the field, but it should be enough to aid in navigation.

Bike flags are a good idea to quickly find the robot.
Our team seems to be leaning towards camera - it makes the game kind of like a video game for when we can't see the robot behind stacks
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