BoeBot with a camera?
USMCinfinity
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Has anyone interfaced the BoeBot with any kind of camera? I have a VEX with includes a camera with TV output, but I would like to do the same thing with the BoeBot but output it on the computer, has anyone done it ?
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A Propeller could handle a reduced resolution video image (trimmed down to maybe 160 x 120)
Search the Completed Projects Forum for BoeBotBasic and download the program from the Object Exchange.
Propeller BoeBot thread
The information from the camera is limited to the four brightest spots in its field of view. The limited information can actually be a good thing since the problem with many cameras is there is too much information for the Prop to handle.
I'm thinking of using it with a laser for object detection and mapping. It's also useful with LEDs used a navigation beacons.
Have you seen Hano's DanceBot? He uses a camera and communicates with a computer for image processing. He writes about it in one of the recent Propeller books. There is also at least one magazine article discribing his work. You ought to check it out, if you haven't seen it yet.
Duane