Can anyone with a higher knowledge of the workings of the color-sensitive cameras enumerate upon the possible problems that may arise from confusion between the green panelings of the vision goals and green shirts worn by certain teams?
In short, is it plausible that robots might be distracted by certain shades of t-shirt green and be thrown off course?
–Petey
What if you made your robot green to throw off other tracking bots? A little devious and non-GP, as I’ll be the first to admit, but definitely a smart strategy…
Dave
I like the way you think, Mr. Toast. I like the way you think.
–Petey
Could be a problem if your partner also had a tracker.
We’re thinking the same thing over here…would flashing a green light or spray painting your robot green be legal? We still don’t have manual access.
There’s an interesting thought.
you do as Dave said … communicate before the game and make sure you don’t run into that problem …
Rule <R26> claims “No devices or decorations are permitted on the robot that are intended to jam or interfere with the operation of the vision system (i.e. changing robot color to confuse opponent’s vision system).”
Or, use a switchable green light.
yeah well think about it too if your goal is autonomously picking up that vision goal and your partners is too then you’ll set there in a tug of war like on the animation… but you do have a valid point it could be a problem something we’ll have to test I guess.
In The robot
No mention of shirts though
Thanks for the info on R26.
I’ll post about team shirts.
–Petey
Our school color is green, it’s not intended to interfere with the sensors…
Now how would the judges know if it was intentional? I happen to like the color gren very much and would love to have a green bot… 
There is no rule against painting or anodizing your robot green (or any other color for that matter).
I haven’t seen the sensors yet this year but I would hope they have the ability to adjust the sensitivity.
[EDIT] What I’m referring to per the rule is there’s no rule against having a green bot to start with. You just can’t change it’s color from match to match.
Actually, as has been posted, there is.
Check out rule R26 in section 5.
–Petey
Yeah, would have guessed that they have seen this comming.
Hey, Petey, it says your name in big letters above your posts.
–Petey
Thank you, Roland. I am perfectly aware of that fact, naturally, but I appreciate your concern. 
–Petey
What about teams like MOE? They have always had Green robots and Green shirts, I doubt they would want to change that. The same goes for 233, are they not going to be allowed a pink robot this year?
Rule 26 says you aren’t allowed to intefere INTENTIONALLY with the sensors, but that’s just team spirit, not intentional distraction. In my book it doesn’t seem fair to prevent these teams from their usual displays.