Camera-tracking LED system helps robots win regional championship

On the St. Louis Regional FIRST Robotics Competition held in Missouri, USA on Saturday, the robots from Baxter Bomb Squad not only had beaten the rival in the matches, but also received the Rockwell Innovation in Controls Award for its camera-tracking LED system.

This camera-tracking LED system was implemented in the Baxter Bomb robots to track the goals of robots in the opposite team. And the proximity of their robot to the goals was displayed in red, blue and green LEDs, said Steve Hatch, one of the team's sponsors.

If the goal is aligned with their shooter, the light of the LED will change from red, to blue, to green. As soon as the light turns green, the robots will fire the balls in the goal.

"It works well and our success today proves it," Hatch said.

The competition season begins in January, when teams across the world watch a telecast that reveals that year's challenge, according to the team's Web site. The teams then have six weeks to design, fabricate and program their robots using parts from a kit.

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