Infrared Camera Results

[Greg McKaskle]

That looks fine. Though I don't know that it looks any better than what teams achieve with visible light and a quick exposure setting.

Also, I've taken infrared video of the field using a Kinect. The trusses with about 100 high intensity CANs pointing down at the field make it a bit more interesting. The tape they use to mark lines of the field, any lexan or shiny element of the field that has the right orientation will start reflecting that light back into your camera. This doesn't make it impossible, but it makes both IR and visible light a bit more challenging.

Since you don't necessarily know what will be at the arena -- you may even have a Mountain Dew vending machine within view of the field -- it isn't a horrible idea to have additional ring lights in your parts alliance. And you can use the calibration time and the dashboard's logged images to look for problems -- no matter the wavelength of the light you are processing.

Greg McKaskle