@Richard,

thank you i should have been more specific there.

@zxen Have you looking into the EZB camera with no shell that is in the developer's kit?

synthiam.com/Tutorials/Lesson/34?courseId=4

Also, it looks like that same camera is used inside the JD robot head.

Regards, Frank

Zxen , is your goal to hid the camera? I have seen a few ways this can be done. All are mounted without the case.

ALAN built by Will Huff has the camera mounted in the upper head looking out thru a hole in the center of the forehead. I have ANTONN with the camera looking out the nose. Others have mounted cameras by the ears. The image can be rotated if you need to mount the camera other than it's normal way. Extension camera cables are available or can be built. DJ or someone from EZ Robot could tell you the maximum length allowed. What is the final look you desire ?

Edit:

You can mount it in the chin looking out a small hole. If tracking is to be used, see if relative tracking will do the job instead of grid tracking and maybe mount the camera in the neck or chest where it will be able to see and do what you want.

I know that DJ and Jeremy tested the length that the cable can be one time. I remember them having about 10 feet of extension cable without an issue.

https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/4979 is the thread.

**Edit DJ said in the thread about 8 feet of cable and the camera was working well.

Camera needs to be in a mount of a store/shop display mannequin of no more than 1cm x 1cm...so he was asking if the actual lens can be detached from the circuit board and then be extended.

Jerimie would need to reply to the camera sensor issue.

Zxen, could you give more information to allow possible options?

Im sure we discussed placement of the camera with zxen months ago. I don't have the thread in front of me but I remember myself and others suggesting mounting the camera uncased and on the inside of the robot and just have the lens peek out of a hole. Maybe thru a peace of jewelry or something. Perhaps that discussion got lost in the piles of zxen's planning and building. . Perhaps there's no room inside the robot but that's doubtful unless it's solid or no access is available. If mounted inside the robot this solves the "Borg" issue. Lol.

At any rate, you can mount the camera on or in the head so it moves at the same rate as the head or on or in the torso so its stationary when the head moves. I've been told that you get better tracking if the camera is stationary and doesn't move when following an object. I haven't tested this theory but I've seen DJ mention this.

@DaveSchulpius,

I suggested the same in my first reply, but its essential that the camera be in a certain location, and the head is no longer an option.

Tricky scenario!