How to calculate camera position from retroreflectors

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How to calculate camera position from retroreflectors

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10-01-2016, 00:03

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Re: How to calculate camera position from retroreflectors

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Originally Posted by KyloRen42

(or maybe there is one more zero for the camera's z?)

The height of the camera will be constant on most robots.

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how (mathematically) can I take pictures from a camera and calculate the camera's position on the field? Thanks in advance!

Trigonometry. You have a known length and an angle from the image.

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