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Re: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You

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Originally Posted by ideasrule View Post
For people who are interested in this, take a look at the autonomous programs on Spirit, Opportunity, and MSL. They have 20, 20, and 200 MHz processors respectively, running vxWorks, the same operating system that's on the cRIO. They also operate in a much simpler environment than FRC. These robots give a good idea of what vision processing is capable of.
Anyone care to guess how far Spirit or Opportunity can drive fully autonomously during the few minutes a match lasts?

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