Vision Tracking Warning

[Dominick Ferone]

Just a heads up for teams who may not have competed yet. At the NYC Regional, we had planned to do vision tracking. Along with a few other teams, but those plans were quickly changed after getting on field. The venue had set up additional lights that were angled down to the field, presumably to light it up more so people in the stands could see it better. But the lights were bright enough and hitting the tower in a way it reflected off into our camera. We had 1 or 2 matches where during auto we could see the tower but lose it when we rotated, possibly due to the lights flooding or camera. We weren't the only team having this problem. Talking to a few teams they also determined it was the added lights by the venue.

So just a heads up, a back up plan may be needed for teams at venues that are brightly lit.