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Wow! I'm looking forward to reading through the code. Is this something you would consider this season if the opportunity arises?
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Yes.
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How reliable is it?
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Ehh... not as much as we would like but it finally works on the robot and that's impressive.
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Can it follow moving game pieces (I noticed you waited for it to stop rolling in the video)?
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Yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9gof9Rafks
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What are the benefits of this over using two infrared sensors, putting them on either side of the robot, and using the difference in distances to align the robot.*
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In theory, this has the ability to be more reliable and the ability to select different arbitrary targets. Unlike IR, it's not just looking for the presence of something... it's actually looking for the ball (the shape/color/ and whatever else the neural network has decided to focus on).
With all that said. If you're thinking about doing this yourself then understand that there is a ton of work that has gone into it and a ton more will go into it before it is reliable. This isn't something a potential championship winning team should be relying on to establish dominance for a match. It's untested, unreliable, and fragile.... it's still really frickin' cool though.