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Re: How to calculate camera position from retroreflectors

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Originally Posted by Aur0r4 View Post
That's another issue we ran into....the camera is generally not stable enough for detailed calculations...of course, maybe that was just the mecanum wheels...

That's a very good question. The answer of a how to create a true "FRC GPS" is probably going to be a combination of techniques that might include camera data, inertial guidance data, floor features, range-finders, etc that all can be used to develop a "reasonable" position on the field. But someone's software team is going to have their work cut out for them, that's for sure.
We should suggest for next years game that there be a few devices on the outside of the field that your robot can ping to calculate it's position.