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S. Karim:
are there any parts out there with a camera that can send info back to its board and then control servos base on that?

megaman935:
Well, there are cmu cams and Avr but you'd have to program the robot to say, follow light or a line....

KambeiX:
CMUCAM has direct servo control for tracking objects and it works through serial communications.

AVRCam is similar to CMUCAM but a little harder to use. In exchange, it consumes a lot less current (57 vs 300 mA).

Steve Joblin:
Make sure you check out the stuff over at http://www.roborealm.com/index.php

Robotboy86:
To be honest with you though, translating video into something useful(such as objects) is VERY difficult and CPU intensive.  The *best* way a hobbyist can detect objects is by laser range finders.. they can quickly and accurately detect objects and report them.  Sadly its about 3grand a laser Range Finder..  so must people settle for Ultra Sound, or InfraRed Range Finders.. 

In all seriousness, we may be able to use our vision to determine objects and distance best..  but robots can't.  Its incredibily ineffient and a lot of our own distance detetection is based on object knowledge.  We know a semi is such and such size when such a distance away..  computers can't do that well.  Vision is nice to watch, but not great to use as scanning..

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