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Originally Posted by Darkseer54
Because that would involve the complexity of programming a camera and running some form of vision processing. Using a light involves wiring a flashlight to a spike, and programming that spike to turn on and off on command.
Driving wise, the difference is you are in full control of the robot at all times, whereas if you were using a camera you have to relieve your control of the robot to your control loop. For teams without a strong programming group (or even teams with a strong programming group who just prefer to avoid sensors) a flashlight is a much simpler way to align your shooter rather than going through the trouble of using a camera.
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No, I mean just looking at the camera to see the goal on the driver's station without processing the images. You can just have a set line of black pixels (using the NIVision.imaqDrawShapeOnImage() or imaqDrawLineOnImage()? in Java) in the center of the image, line it up manually with the center of the goal, and shoot the ball into the goal. It's really just as easy as setting up a spike.