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Re: Camera on robot with monitor on controls.

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Originally Posted by dlavery View Post
Actually, that would not appear to be correct. There is no generic rule against cameras. There is also no requirement that camera
broadcast only be from decorations. The constraints cited prevent communication pathways parallel to those provided by the IFI-provided radio modems. Please read Bongle's post prior to yours. He has the right idea. It would appear to be entirely within the rules to have a camera on board the robot and pass the images back to the Operator Interface for display where they could then be accessed through the dashboard port and displayed on an attached laptop computer - IF you can find a way to stuff the images through the provided data link.

-dave
And if you manage to do that and get a reasonable frame rate, I think Dave might just want to have you go work for him. If not I can think of many other places that would want to hire you.
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