Thread: Is there a restriction to what sensors we can use?
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Re: Is there a restriction to what sensors we can use?
Botball uses the CMU-cam. It interfaces to either the handy-board or the Lego Mindstorms RCX (I think). It cannot be that hard to use to do something useful if elementary school students can use it to find cups.

If allowed in 2005, I can certainly see the possibility of using the CMU-cam to track moving objects, such as robots for purposes of avoidance and to look for goals, big balls, or whatever distinctive object that FIRST might put out on the playing field.