Toltechs success with camera

[Andrew Schuetze]

We achieved a major milestone for our veteran team in getting the camera code working with 1.5 weeks left to program Here is video from Tuesday night without the tilt function on the camera. On Wednesday night, we repeated the performance but this time with the tilt. The development 'bot is from '05.

Posted by D. Sean Kelly on the toltech Wiki
It's not the best video in the world and it may not be the most dramatic display of autonomous robot behavior; but it is working well.
Description: The robot is set to face the general direction of the Rack; probably about 20-25 degrees off the light. When the auto mode starts the robot orients itself toward the light, then starts heading toward it. If it veers off course it will correct mid-way (this is visible in the 2nd half of the clip with the better lighting).
The first run was under optimal lighting (the rack was in a dark area of the shop). The second run we turned on the florescent lights above the rack and ran it again. The robot was able to track the target in both lighting conditions very well.

499 Toltechs Auto One