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Heated Victim Detection using Vision in RCJ Maze Simulation
Heated Victim Detection using Vision in RCJ Maze Simulation Heated victim detection is one of the things that the TFA Junior Robotics Team intends to explore following the 2020 RCJ Rescue...
Future Image Processing in the RoboCup Junior Maze Simulation World
Future Image Processing in the RCJ Maze Simulation World After competing in the RoboCup Junior Rescue Simulation Demonstration Competition in 2020, the TFA Junior Robotics Team realized that there...
Dynamic Weighted Algorithms in RoboCup Junior Simulation Soccer
Dynamic Weighted Algorithms in RCJ Soccer Dynamically Weighted algorithms may be one of the future steps that TFA Junior Robotics Team takes in the upcoming June 2021 RCJ Competition. This idea...
Ball Acceleration & Deceleration in RCJ Soccer Simulation
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TFA Junior Robotics Ball Handling Strategies
Ball Handling in the RCJ Soccer World In the RCJ Soccer Simulation world, TFA Junior Robotics has worked on creating cohesive ball handling strategies. TFA's algorithm involves two major parts, the...
RoboCup Junior Soccer Simulation Demonstration Competition Ends with TFA 312 Finishing First
RCJ Soccer Simulation Demonstration Competition Ends with TFA 312 Finishing First Our team, TFA 312, finished first at the 2021 RoboCup Junior Soccer Simulation Demonstration Competition. We would...
Communication in the RCJ Soccer Simulation Communication
In the RCJ Soccer Simulation world, communication is an essential part of working together and winning in the competition. Without a good communication algorithm or network, robots could be prone to...
RoboCup Junior Soccer Simulation Robot Wheels Falling Off
Webot's wheels falling off While testing with Webot's simulation soccer, we found that the wheels could fall off. This happens almost always with the demo player provided, and with robots that don't...
Ball Prediction Along a Corner
In RCJ Soccer Simulation, the corner is a triangle that can change the angle of the ball moving. In a normal ball prediction algorithm, the ball will reflect along the x and y wall. However, along a...
Robot Moving Without Hitting Walls
In the RCJ Soccer Simulation Demonstration Competition, there are walls that can slow robots down. These walls can result in a robot getting stuck, and ultimately losing control. It is essential...
We gave up Machine Learning in RCJ Soccer Simulation Demo
In the RoboCup Junior Soccer Simulation Competition, our team considered using Machine Learning and/or Reinforcement Learning in our algorithm. However, there were some challenges that we...
Soccer Simulation Ball Prediction
Predicting the ball's location An important part of the RoboCup Junior Soccer Simulation Demo Competition is the ball prediction. Our team used an algorithm involving finding the next x and y...
Designing a Dummy Goalie for Testing in RCJ Soccer
Designing a dummy goalie for testing One of the important features of testing offence programs in the RoboCup Soccer Simulation Demonstration Competition is having an opposing team that can defend....
Converting Webots Image to BMP Image
Converting Webots image into a BMP file Image processing is an important part of the Webots simulation world. During the RoboCup Demonstration Rescue Competition, our team designed a Victim...
New Soccer Simulation Competition!
RoboCup Soccer Simulation Begins! The TFA Junior Robotics Team is excited to announce our latest competition. We will be competing in RoboCup Soccer Simulation Demonstration Competition 2021. This...
Contour Tracing Algorithm through C and BMP files
Contour Tracing Algorithm using C Image Processing During RoboCup Rescue Line and Maze, our team had done Computer Vision contour tracing using OpenCV's findContours function. In the past month,...
Basic BMP Image Processing
Basic BMP Image Processing This past month, Victor has worked on basic image processing techniques using the C programming language. This is because our team wanted to see if we could potentially...
Accurate Decimal/Big Number Subtraction using C
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Accurate Decimal/Big Number Addition using C
$variable({"type":"content","value":{"name":"post_title","settings":{"before":"","after":""}}})$ Decimal calculations can be inaccurate on most computers. When adding float or double type numbers,...
Testing our RoboCup Rescue Demonstration Simulation Code
A huge part of building a reliable RoboCup Rescue Demonstration Simulation Competition robot is testing. David from our team played a huge part in this, as he designed different tests for our robot...
RCJ Rescue Simulation Demonstration Competition Ends with TFA 309 Finishing First
RCJ Rescue Simulation Demonstration Competition Ends with TFA 309 Finishing First Our team, TFA 309, finished first at 2020 RoboCup Junior Rescue Simulation Demonstration Competition last week. We...
Avoiding obstacles in Webot’s Rescue Simulation
Obstacle detection is huge part of the RCJ Rescue Demo competition. During the RoboCup Rescue Simulation Demonstration Competition, one of the viewers asked TFA Team 309 how they detected an...
Making a reliable Computer Vision Letter Detection Algorithm
In the RoboCup Rescue Simulation Demo Competition, a reliable visual victim finding algorithm is crucial for success. Each successful victim identification can be worth 40 points, which can add up...
Testing Image Processing Algorithms in a Webots World
Testing Image Processing Algorithms in a Webots World In the 2020 RoboCup Junior Simulation Demonstration Competition, one of the objectives is to differentiate between letters using Computer...
Data Visualization in Webots world for RCJ Rescue Simulation
Data Visualization in Webots world Creating a robust and reliable robot is an important part of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation Demonstration Competition. When testing in Webots, our team used Data...
RCJ Rescue Simulation Noise Researching
During the RoboCup Junior Rescue Simulation Demonstration Competition, our team performed many tests, one of which was to find noise. David from our team, developed many worlds for us to test. We...
Test Mapping Without Running a Robot
Test Mapping without Running a Robot Mapping is an important feature in the RoboCup Junior Rescue Maze League. It can help the team to earn more points by searching areas where the robot has not...
Generating a Webots Controller Window for RCJ Rescue Simulation
Generating a Webots Controller Window for RCJ Rescue Simulation Our team faced a challenge when beginning to use the Webots simulation world for the RCJ Rescue Demonstration Simulation Competition....