Pixy - Axis Camera Alternative?

[Invictus3593]

This would make picking up pieces a lot easier; then you could place/shoot them based on another pixy or an axis/kinect. This a neat idea to play around with for games in the future.

[Bald & Bearded]

I picked up a pack of 10 of these so I could use them to teach classes. But, I am really intrigued about the idea of using it not just to spot targets for shooting but to spot and distinguish game objects.

[yash101]

I looked through the project page. This camera just seems AMAZING!!! Me Want! However, $80 is still quite expensive for personal robot projects. The Ping Pong ball tracker is cool because of the ping pong ball size and speed

[Foster]

They posted that they have the first 2000 units, but are still playing around with the software/firmware. (Sound familiar? Hardware is done, but .... )

They did post a video of the tracking software in action This is all done on the local board. The USB cable is only being used for power.

Pretty snappy response time, can't wait to get my hands on mine.

[gpetilli]

Pixy still looks like an attractive camera option. Still taking orders, but delivery is not until after build ends. For teams with late competitions, it could be in your 30lb limit. Open source (hardware and software) before kickoff.

Check out the very impressive demos:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...n-sensor/posts

[Gdeaver]

I just received my Pixy camera. I have only played with it for about 10 Minutes. I'm not real impressed with the performance in the wild. Have not played with the settings yet. Has anyone tried one of this yet?

[Bpk9p4]

This camera looks amazing. I am very interested in using this camera for my own projects and FIRST. If anyone has used this i would be very interested to hear your review.

[pastelpony]

I like the idea of this but I'd rather use it in tandem with an Axis camera. I'd use it as an alternative to vision processing, but not as the main camera. I don't think the Dashboard can get live feed from this camera.

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

I just received my Pixy camera. I have only played with it for about 10 Minutes. I'm not real impressed with the performance in the wild. Have not played with the settings yet. Has anyone tried one of this yet?

I've had one and used it on my PC and it was OK. My platform will be either VEX (metal) or VEX IQ. The distances are a lot smaller. My initial trial was looking at past VEX game parts (the small buckyballs and rings) and it was able to pick them out.

I'm impressed that you got it to work in 10 mins, it took me the better part of an hour to get it to do what I wanted.

Presently it's stuffed in the toy box waiting for me to have time to pull it out again.