02-01-2008, 22:28
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
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Re: Vex Flame finding
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Originally Posted by charlie1218
Anyone have any ideas on how to make a program to sense a flame and make the robot drive towards the flame in this scenioro the flame will be about 2 inches off the ground and the robot must sense the flame then travel close enough to put the flame out. We have the ability to use only 2 light (not he line followers) sensors. Thanks for any help. this is part of the maze question (see vex maze by charlie1218)
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Using filters to let through frequencies that are strong in a flame, but are weak in the ambient light might help; if you know in advance what the ambient light's and what the flame's spectra will be (and if you allowed to use filters).
Blake
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