AVRCam vs. CMUCam vs. <something else>?

[Sorry if this is a double post. On my news reader, it's showing up as a sub-sub-reply on a much longer thread, instead of being a new topic.]

I'm going to take a stab at getting my Robosapien outfitted with a camera with onboard blob recognition capability. I'm looking at the AVRCam and the CMUCam right now. I've heard that the AVRCam outperforms the CMUCam at this task.

- AVRCam

- CMUCam

What is the experience of those of you that have worked with these units?

Or, do you know of a comparably priced unit that works better? (Something that doesn't require a lottery win to buy. :) )

Also, if you created a wireless link so that you could transmit data to a PC, I'd like to know the details since in my case the PC will be taking that data and then instructing my robot on what to do next.

I'm considering mounting it a little below the robots midsection like a belt, possibly on top of a devantech turret if I can figure out the mounting issues.

Thanks,

Check out this site for a wireless cam hack that looks beautiful. He used a miniature wireless cam.

Eljin