My team is new to the soccer lightweight category and we would like to know where to start building our robot, some questions we have is:
1- what sensors do you recommend to follow the ball?
2- what kind of wheels do you recommend us to use?
Virtually every year the RCJ teams submit posters, videos, TDP’s and any technical papers on how they built their robots, what sensors they used, etc…
@Miranda_Est - I hope you found the resources that Dennis linked to helpful. What you choose to use very much depends on your experience, budget, time, goals, etc. If you’re having specific difficulties getting going, please feel free to message me privately if there isn’t an experienced team in your area willing to help.
There is also the BohleBots GitHub Repository where they open source large parts of their robots, they have been using the TSSP 4038 with good success for a number of years now source. Their coach (@stiebel) is also on this forum.
Yes, David is right, we use the TSSP4038 (or TSSP 6038 if SMD) and this one works perfectly well to see the ball. Feel free to ask for details, email and docs are on our webpage www.bohlebots.de