2009-03-24

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.
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