[Chris27]

Here's some better ideas:

Option # 1:
Given a camera image, label all robots. As in a FRC competition you encounter many different robots, you should be able to recognize a robot you have never seen before.
No fair covering it with colored tape or lights. I don't think many teams will allow you to do that with their robots.

Option # 2:

Don't give the robot an AI, just have it construct a world map and correctly position itself (localization) w/o having to put florescent colored tape/lights on every square inch of the game field. If a robot can't do something as "simple" as tell you where it is, you won't be getting intelligent actions from any AI. Do this with any semblance of reliability/robustness and I'd be impressed...