Hoop backboard effecting vision tracking?

[Alan Anderson]

The retroreflective material is flanked by opaque black tape. That helps a lot.

[Greg McKaskle]

By the way, please don't shoot at the acrylic backboard. Mine cracked just sliding it over the bolts. My suggestion was for vision testing only. I'd stick with plywood for the real deal. But this will allow you to verify that your code works equally well on both.

Greg McKaskle

[holygrail]

We're considering painting the backboard grey to try to replicate the darker color of the smoked polycarbonate. Any ideas on whether this might work or whether another color might be better?

[Greg McKaskle]

It really shouldn't matter. Don't paint it the same color as the LEDs, and it shouldn't interfere. The retro material is 300 times brighter than white paint, so white paint will work, black paint will work. I used plexi to ensure that the glare and backlighting wouldn't have a huge negative impact on the algorithm in the sample code.

Greg McKaskle

[Teched3]

Just an opinion, but polycarbonate should be the standard you use for everything pertinent. You don't want a piece of plexi - GLASS winding up on your competition robot. it shatters on impact creating sharp edges and dulls cutting tools. hese materials are easily confused by the inexperienced.

[mesamb1]

So examining the labview code we were having issues with the code finding other rectangles, or the inside rectangle of the back board. The example code expands using the rubber band method to look for squares, does no one else think that on the polycarbonate this will be worse? especially with the aluminum bars behind the board making rectangles.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

It really shouldn't matter. Don't paint it the same color as the LEDs, and it shouldn't interfere. The retro material is 300 times brighter than white paint,

This looks like a helpful clue...use color LEDs....look for their reflection...