This might be very useful for example for people with disabilities who can not use a regular mouse (and where the normal solutions tend to very expensive since they require specialized hardware such as infrared tracking cameras, whereas only a plain webcam is neccassary here)

The whole system is written in Python, using the Intel OpenCV library and SciPy.

Source Code:

Once I get the time to remove some code specific to my machine I’l make it available here for anyone who wants to try out the system. The code is currently only available for windows only, but it should be easy to port to other systems.  (The only platform specific code is the part to simulate the mouse clicks)

You will also need the following:

• The Intel OpenCV library
• Python (naturally)
• libsvm
• A computer with a webcam

The syste

The problem was to navigate a robotic rover though some alien terrain, while avoiding rocks, craters and evil martians.    We wrote everything in Python, and tried several different approaches but in the end settled on a simple obstacle avoidance algorithm.  Given that the martians in the sample server were not very smart we ignored them for the first run, and only start active avoidance if we see more than 5 of them at the same time.

I think our solution in the end was pretty decent.   Our entry of AntiCylonDefenseTeamImpersonator actually ended in first place in the initial round. (though to be fair, we did share that spot with 18 other teams )  In the end we dropped out at round 4, apparently our rover crashed into a crater. (though through our own testing we cannot duplicate that..)

We’ll definitively be back next year. (Janto also has good writeup)