I finally managed to get the CMU camera working, and
capped a center goal. I wouldn't have been able to do it without help from Bill Pramik and Jesse Pye from team 624, who provided code that became the framework for my own program. This camera thing is darn tricky, and I congratulate all of the teams who actually managed to make it work during the season.
A few things of note:
- Observe the huge camera box on the near side of the robot. I don't know why they thought it needed THAT much protection, but it seems to have worked out okay.
- Yes, our drive train really does make those horrible grinding noises. If I wasn't a programmer, I'd fix it myself.
- Though it appears in the video as though it's a straight shot from robot to tetra to goal, the robot actually started out a ways to the left of the tetra, and is pointed to the right of the goal as it's lifting.
I'll post more video later to demonstrate its other neat tricks, like missing the tetra, backing up, trying again, and then capping the goal.