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[miketwalker]

Originally Posted by gorrilla

do they auto-track the trailers?

At the moment the robots have functional anti-skid code. There is a practice robot that will be finished this weekend for the programmers to continue work with the cameras. They have used smaller ping-pong shooter robots made from vex to track miniaturized goals with the camera. So, in short, it's still a work in progress but we are intending a semi-automated shooting system where the shooter driver 'picks' a goal and the shooter system automates the rest to track, predict goal movements, and update speed for firing. The main problem in testing appears to be the cameras latecy (upto 1/4 of a second). We are looking at ways to minimize the effect of that (predicting velocities/positions of goals, etc.) on our shooting.

As for shooting we designed around a max 10 feet range with the intention of hitting goals from a few feet away so as to be able to shoot at dumpers while staying a safe distance away. We are still tweaking with deployment rates and that will in large part depend on the accuracy of our camera work in the coming weeks.