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| | | Can the VC system be put on an autonomous bot? Or is there required power umbilical? Could I have it follow a light in a dark room, for example? --Jack Gregory Chris Osborn <fozztexx@pez.fullsystem.com> wrote in message news:Fzz80E.Bn7@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | | Re: Vision Command —Chris Osborn
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| | | | | (...) You can do what you want with the camera, but there's a 5 meter USB cord that has to be plugged into the computer if you want the camera to do anything. (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | | Re: Vision Command —Tilman Sporkert
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| | | | (...) To use the VC system with a RCX bot, you have to plug the camera into an USB port of your computer, and the RCX needs to be able to communicate with the IR tower. The Vision software always runs on the computer, but can send commands to the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Vision Command —James Powell
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| | | | | Question: Could you set up Vision Command to operate as a colour sensor? (thoughts of a all lego aproach to sorting lego come to mind) James P (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Vision Command —Tilman Sporkert
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| | | | | | | Yes. But remember, you need a Windows PC to connect the camera to and run the Vision software that does the color detection. That's not really an "all lego approach". Using a laptop helps. Tilman ----- Original Message ----- (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Vision Command —Richard Markham
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| | | | | | | In message <G00oHx.JAI@lugnet.com>, James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> writes (...) Not having played with Vision command yet, but can't you do all this with any web cam and a bit of VB? (Yes you can!) Looking for edges, colours, moving (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Vision Command —John Greathouse
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| | | | | | the color sensing software works great recognizing greens, blues & reds. It has a hard time recognizing black. which kind of hinders my project of making a self recognizing robot. (it has a hard time recognizing the lens section) lighting - (...) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Vision Command —Ahui Herrera
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| | | | (...) Can you buy a longer cable for the camera? (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Vision Command —Theo
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| | | | | Hi Ahui I have already a few webcams working at my place, four webcams from Philips Pro 30fps. In webcam world we call that one of the private use, its the most used webcam and gives the best image. A few cams I have enlarged with a cable of 15 feet (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Vision Command [cables] —Mike Burger
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| | | | For some time I have used a Logitec Quick Cam Pro with the Mars set and other applications for a Lego camera, Pre-Vision Command. It has about a five foot cable. I got a 10 foot extension. It was balky about installing but did eventually install and (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Vision Command [cables] —Tilman Sporkert
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| | | | USB cables aren't like the old serial or parallel port cables, where not all cables had all the "optional" pins connected. USB has only 4 wires, and that's it. So a missing wire won't be your problem. USB however is picky abou t cable length, and (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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