[Programming] Vision and Drive, Oh My!

Confined to our enlightening think tank, the Knights who say "Java!" made remarkable process in the long and arduous process of making things work.

Confronted with issues with the camera, we dug through documentation, and managed to acquire a stream of images for use in auto-tracking. We found the retro reflective tape to be extremely effective - and several LEDs of a certain color in next to the camera will greatly enhance our tracking ability. See above for a comparison of epic proportions. If we are able to get a Red/Green/and Blue LED, we can use different colors based on alliance/for verification.

In addition, we managed to get a majority of the drive working - in record time. Tank drive is working as expected, and we have only the PID to add and tune. We also wrote most of the component for the accelerometer – important in the auto-balancing of the robot.

Future Plans:

Find out more of the specifics for manipulator, and write all of the input components (e.g. arm stops). Now that the camera works, we will be working on writing the algorithm to track the squares – something that could be either simple or extremely complex.