[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by pyroslev

Wouldn't be surprised to see something from their challenge in FIRST before 2010.

I was struck by how much they all looked and sounded like FIRST mentors (or slightly older FIRST students).

The Seattle Robotics Society sponsors Robo-Magellan at its Robothon event every fall. It's a lot like "The Great Robot Race" on a budget: http://www.robothon.org/robothon/challenge.php. We had a nice chat with last year's winner, who is the one who told us that the CMU camera is prone to UV-overload in bright environments, like outdoors.