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Unread 17-02-2010, 19:30
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Re: New Showcase render of team 639 robot!

One thing you might have missed in those shots: on the edge of the frame around the kicker system there are 3 IR sensors. We are using those to detect how centered a ball is in our kicking system and displaying that on our dashboard. Hopefully combined with the camera that will give us some good aim on where the balls are going
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