Posted by Ryan Shanley at 1/15/2001 1:11 PM EST
Student on team #191, The X-Cats, from Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School and Xerox.
Being up late at night working on FIRST has proven to breed strange ideas through the years, and one night, some of us/we (my grammar is not as impressive as my engineering) X-Cats were wondering when FIRST was going to catch up with professional sports by installing cameras on robots during the matches. How cool would it be to see a match from the perspective of a robot??
I believe the exact description we used that night was… “HARDCORE!!!”
but anyways, just a suggestion…anyone have other ideas to jazz up the FIRST experience??
peace
ryan
Posted by Rob DeCotiis at 1/15/2001 3:32 PM EST
Student on team RoBUCtics from Red Bank Regional High School.
In Reply to: Helmet Cam??
Posted by Ryan Shanley on 1/15/2001 1:11 PM EST:
Nobody steal this idea, but my team is going to mount a cd player on our robot and play some music…
heh
Posted by Brian Savitt at 1/15/2001 8:25 PM EST
Student on team #56, Robbe Xtreme, from Bound Brook High School and Ethicon Inc…
In Reply to: Re: Helmet Cam??
Posted by Rob DeCotiis on 1/15/2001 3:32 PM EST:
Well last year at our post-season competition we mounted a small camera on our robot, but it didnt work as well as we wanted it to, but we are working on it as of now to get it on this years bot, depending on our weight factor, becuz last year our robot weighed an exact 130 lbs so camera wasnt on for regionals and nationals hehe
Brian
Posted by Justin at 1/15/2001 4:02 PM EST
Other on team Blue Lightning Alumni Association from RWU sponsored by FIRST-A-holics Anonymous.
In Reply to: Helmet Cam??
Posted by Ryan Shanley on 1/15/2001 1:11 PM EST:
Ryan,
This has been done in the past. My team have never done it thought so I can’t make any recomendations on cameras. But I would guess just look @ the frequency that the wireless camera uses and make sure it stays out of the range of the controls and u should be all set. The one chaveat is to call FIRST or tell them at a competition to make sure they’re offically okay with it. Off the top of my head the X-Cam might not be a bad choice.
-Justin
Posted by Ken Leung at 1/16/2001 2:10 AM EST
Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.
In Reply to: Helmet Cam??
Posted by Ryan Shanley on 1/15/2001 1:11 PM EST:
Although it’s great to have a camera in every robot, it’s going to be difficult for every team to keep the camera saftly in their robot. This reminds me when they first bring out the light to every team and made them put it on. I know the camera is not as big and heavy as the light, but it’s a weak and delicate device compare to the robot parts. And FIRST are going to want to have rules that make team locate and support that camera in certain place in their robot, which mean more trouble for theams than they already have.
I dunno, with robot moving around crashing and pushing, it’s going to be hard for everyone to keep the camera safe.
Posted by Bill Beatty at 1/17/2001 11:06 AM EST
Other on team #71, Team Hammond, from Team Hammond.
In Reply to: Helmet Cam??
Posted by Ryan Shanley on 1/15/2001 1:11 PM EST:
Time permitting we will play around with mounting a camera on the robot. We have an inexpensive camera that is .75 x .75 x 3.5 inches and weighs less than 2 oz. It is a color camera with mike and has a 2.2 ghz transmitter and rechargeble battery all build in.