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[Iron Man]

Hey guys,
I'm doing some research for my team on cameras for our robot. I've already done some indepth looks at the CMUcam and the blackfin cam. I was wondering if you guys could suggest any other cameras that you know of. The reason i ask is because i respect your guy's opinion over google.

Just a few requirements, needs to have a fairly low resolution and and able to handle being in the sunlight.

thanks for the recs.

 

[Iron Man]

nothing?

no one has a single rec?

Well then I guess i'll give you what i've found so far and see what you think of each one.

CMUcamIII- all the great image processing of CMUcam2 *ie. histogram, differencing, etc.* mixed with the ability to load your own algorithm on the processor. Tons of previous usage by other teams, wide amounts of support. inter changeable lens. ARM7 processor

Blackfin SR-1 - CMUcam on crack, just like give it a 500mhz processor and the ability to go stereo scopic and you have the blackfin. Also has properties of being a control board instead of just being a camera.

NXTcam- great for using with lego mindstorms NXT, might have to do some hacking to get to operate with anything, on board processor, line tracking, 8 color object tracking.

POB - CMUcamIII with the ability to recognize patterns out of the box.

[Admin]

Just in case you haven't yet since this:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_faq.shtml#camera_microcontroller

[pomprocker]

I posted a thread about this too

http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=5064.0

I dont even really know what to look for in technical specs, but could you include the AVRcam in your "consumer report" ?

[Iron Man]

mmm thanks for the reminder on that one admin, i forgot about that , i read it a really long time ago.

[Iron Man]

ya pomp rocker i'll throw the avr in there too. I'll post my notes soon. Definitely by the end of the week.

[Iron Man]

Admin, do you know if the AVRcam has the same blue light shut down as you experienced with the CMUcam?

[Admin]

Nope I've never tried. I highly doubt it though, I'm fairly sure its just the CMUcam1 firmware.

If it was the hardware (they all use the same camera part), other people surely would have noticed . . .