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Re: Wiring two cameras

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Originally Posted by patTeam241
Instead of coming up with a complex stereocamera system, could you come up with a somewhat mechanical one. If memory serves me correct, you can set up the CMUcams to drive servos to center a color on the screen. If you then read the rotation with a potentiometer, couldn't you just triangulate the distance?
You don't even need potentiometers... you can just read the values of the pan servos. If you scroll up a ways, I talked about how you could triangulate it, and then Dave explained why it's not quite that simple.
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