Our team has our vision processing script pretty well worked out, and I was wondering how people are planning on positioning their vision processing camera on their robot this year. One possible problem I can see teams having is getting false positives from their camera seeing the reflection of their LED ring in a hatch panel (if one is already placed on the lower hatch of the rocket, or if they are scoring on the cargo ship with a hatch panel already placed). We are planning on avoiding this problem by placing our camera at a vertical angle to the vision targets, so the only thing that will reflect the light from our LED ring will be the retro-reflective tape.
Also, is anyone planning on using the tape lines on the field to line up in close proximity to a goal? Our team is going to do some testing, but I’m concerned that any system that tracks said lines could end up completely useless if the line is even partially obscured by a hatch panel (which may happen quite often if a hatch panel falls off of or isn’t placed correctly on a hatch). I’d be interested to hear how other teams are dealing with these problems.