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Figure 9.37 RoboRealm Canny edge detection on Elev-8.

Field Test of the RC310 System with Post Processing

To conduct a field test, I placed a bicycle near some vegetation and took some video to be
post processed. Figure 9.38 shows the bicycle resting in some vegetation about 30 m (32.8 yd)
away from the camera. The bicycle is identifiable in the image more by the blue color of the
frame than by its shape. It still takes a bit of concentrated viewing to distinguish the bicycle
from the background. Now, look at Figure 9.39, which is the same image but after it has been
post processed by applying the outline-edge-detection algorithm.

Figure 9.38 Test image of the bicycle.