[EricH]

Originally Posted by Mike

Thats probably a good idea in theory Greg, but I couldn't imagine how much IR interference there would be. I wasn't around in ye olden days (04) to program with the IR beacons, but from what I've heard such small things as the auto-focus on a camera (which uses IR to sense the distance) can cause interference.

Well, if we're talking FLL, we had to set all the cameras in the room to manual focus when we were using the robot. If we didn't, the robot would do whatever it felt like. So, it is true that a camera's auto focus can cause interference quite easily; I'm just not sure of the extent in FIRST.