In the off season I read up on the the Falcon Object Recognition system developed by CD user Eldarion (see
thread and
website). It uses an FPGA instead of the CMUCam board to track multiple (up to 12) objects. One particular tracking mode, 2 color (Red and Blue) 6 objects per color, seems perfect for this game. Using this system, you should be able to recognize which objects are the large red and blue track balls and which are other red & blue objects (robots, drivers, teams, judges, ambassadors, etc.). Then you should be able to figure out which of the 6 possible combinations of the 2 trackballs in the 3 target locations is in on your overpass and go to the right target location to knock off your trackball. Obviously, I haven't tried this but it is an interesting challenge for the adventurous programmer.
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Originally Posted by Libby K
If you were tracking a real light (ex: all hail the magic green light box) then it's a little different, as there weren't many lime green illuminated things near the field. The only thing that could've messed you up is MOE!  |
Despite multiple attempts, we were never successful in getting a CMUCam to track our bright green MOE jerseys like the magic green light box. Even when we turn off the green light, it doesn't see the jerseys as a valid target (not quite luminous enough, I guess).
Now with the green light gone, we are free to roll out our MOE Green LED Jerseys
