Faster alternative to java.awt.Robot.createScreenCapture?

The only way to do this will be through JNI or possibly JNA. I did some benchmarking and native screen capture API and it was able to sustain about 45 FPS vs the Robots 8 FPS. I might be starting on a JNI project to solve this issue in the near future. I will update this post with the project URL if that goes forward.