Aerial Camera for FIRST matches

[Tom Line]

It would be an interesting challenge. I know we've struggled in the past with real-time tracking. We did it in 09 with the trailers because of computation and communication lag time.

A 18 foot/second robot moving full speed will move 21.6 inches in 100 ms. Inconsistent timing on communications will make that vary, since you'll be waiting for a video stream from FMS, working with that, and then sending the result to the robot.

The height, viewing angle, and lens distortion of the camera will also bring some variability into your measurements. It is something fun to kick around though.