Image processing for vision tracking: blacka and white, or color?

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

I have seen multiple examples of vision tracking using images, and have seen it done well in both color and black and white?

I've seen many teams using full-color, high-res displays. 78 Air Strike and 341 Miss Daisy both have very good color vision tracking, just to name two.

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

For what reason would one do color or black and white? Is there an advantage to either?

B/W takes less processing power, and is (as I hear, I'm not a programmer) easier to code. However, even B/W maxes out the processing power of our cRIO, causing us to offload the calculations to the laptop. So, even though B/W tracking takes up less processing power, it's a disadvantage that it can't be run on the cRIO. If someone knows how to, please let 1058 know!

The other disadvantage of running black/white is a worse camera feed for the driver and operator. This doesn't matter, however, if you use two or more cameras.

Good luck!