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Created by Jason Walker
Created on Jun 21, 2022

Task lighting for Vector should show white(?) light when hitching to carts or doing precision alignment

If we want to get rid of the white lights we should consider choosing a single, optimal light color for precision alignment, I think that might be white light, but the new cameras might work better in soe other color band with the new sensors.

It might also be good to have another color of light designated for aligning since that is a new behavior.

Problem/opportunity trying to be solved

precision alignment lights removed in favor of task lighting? If the markers are "trained" using one color of light, and another color of light is used when aligning to the device, then there might be some variation in alignment performance.

Quantify the problem/opportunity

if we need to do alignment to carts, conveyors, P&D stations, etc.

What is the root cause of the problem/opportunity

we want to reduce costs and complexity by eliminating the white lights previously used for precision alignment, and utilize the task lights instead. If the markers are "trained" using one color of light, and another color of light is used when aligning to the device, then there might be some variation in alignment performance. Think of a prism splitting different colors of light into different locations. Not sure if the refraction in the lenses are enough to cause significant error.

Customer need date Oct 1, 2022
Urgent request No
Report Tag Deployment
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