Team 766 Robot *On-board* Video

[octothorpe]

So my side project this year was turning the robot into a videographer. We bought a small, cheap (~$100) solid-state consumer digital video camera and affixed it to the top of the robot's tower with polycarb and a bolt. The basic procedure is: turn it on before the match, turn it off after the match, download video to laptop, crop beginning & end, post. Here is the result:

http://www.vimeo.com/user:160412/clips

Shaky? Yes.
Noisy? Yes.
Low video quality? Yes.
Entertaining? I think so.

If you were at Davis Regional last weekend, there may very well be a shot of your robot in action as seen from the field. Check the clips; they're tagged with team numbers. For reference, the other robots featured so far are: 114, 295, 481, 701, 751, 753, 852, 955, 997, 1072, 1323, 1359, 1458, 1678, 1726, 2063, 2085, 2156, 2159, 2189.

Five more match videos are upcoming next weekend once the bandwidth allotment resets. Last but not least, thanks to everyone who was at Davis for a great competition.