Re: [ANN] AVRcam: Real-time image processing engine based on the AVR

From: Smiley (cadcoke3_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: 1 Sep 2004 14:31:48 -0700

While I've see modivation for tracking a single color blob to use with
the soccer-bot type of robot games, I am not clear on the end purpose
for your device. (then again, I am not that familiar with robotics)

  Here are some random ideas, in case you might want to plan for these
in the future kits. Please add other ideas that I've omitted.

  - Tracking an object in 3-d space by using two of your devices.
I've seen virtual-reality type pointing device which is simply a stick
that has a ball on each end. By placing 3 different colored balls in a
triangular orientation, it is possible to extract 6dof for the
observed object.

  - Your camera is relatively low-resolution. Pehaps allow for the
possibility of adding a higher resolution camera for more accuracy.

  - Give a robot the ability to see beacons so it can extract its
location by triangulating on two bases. Alternatively, locate and
drive to a charging station. If you stack the beacon with a few
colors on top of each other, you can encode each base with an address.

Joe Dunfee