> I will happily send you the program when I am happy with it!

OK, just let me know the requirements. I got a relatively old Logitech webcam (about 3 years now), capable of 640x480. If that would work for some testing, I'm game.

> Looking at the test harness so far, the robot could record its movements and adjust
> the pole positions accordingly, without having to detect them a second time, however,
> the robot should continually look for poles and update its mind-map; which
> points to a problem - the robot must be able to differentiate each pole - perhaps
> each pole needs to have its own color?

Now we're getting into AI and shape recognition. I figure, without much thinking, that you should try to detect them in an area about twice their width on the previous shot, or maybe this zone where they are expected should vary by expected distance - the closer poles would move more, the farther ones less. That would also depend on the robot's movement - if the robot has moved 20^o left, the expected x coordinates for everything should move 20/degreesPerPixel pixels to the right. And the actual movement of the robot may not be what you told it - it may slip, have more friction on one side than on the other etc.

>D) And some fighters they are - they can't even tie their shoelaces :)
>
>S) lol - That would be a real breakthrough! That one ability alone would be enough
> to scare off the other robots!

They'd surely leak electrolyte into their virtual pants :).

OK, have fun and keep me posted!