For that reason you will need to perform the following steps to get Sufficient flexibility to get things working. Official drivers for the Kinect on a PC have not yet been created/released we have to use an alternative driver that provides The installation of the Kinect on a PC is not as straightforward as connecting other plug and play USB devices. It produces one of the best stereo depth maps that we've ever seen. Regardless of its shortcomings the Kinect offers a much richer data set than most advanced laser systems and at a significantly lower cost! This may notīe an issue on a large robot that has large batteries but may be an issue on mid sized robots that are Third, as the device is essentially a projector it draws about 2Amps of power in order to run. In this case your robot can navigate around IR being projected is that it provides high resolution images in total darkness. It will NOT work in direct sunlight but will in shady areas. Second, the Kinect performs its magic by using an IR projector with an IR camera (a form of stereo vision) which means that our favoriteīright yellow friend, the sun, will cause some issues with its functionality on a sunny day outside. For smaller bots you'll just have to avoid getting too close to objects otherwise they will fall tooĬlose to the sensor and come up as unknown (black) areas. If you have a large robot you can place the sensor at the back such that the depth is generatedĪt the border of the robot. If an object is closer than 2 feet to the Kinect its depth will NOT be detected correctly and be presented as a First, the depth map is only valid for objects more than 2.5 feet While the Kinect is a great addition to robotics there are some limitations. You just want to work on the image yourself you can use the various ways to interface with RoboRealm including our If you would prefer to just have the image asĪ webcam you can use the RoboRealm virtual camera to pipe the image into other webcam compatible application. Note that once the depth image is within RoboRealm all the other traditionalįilters can now be applied to process the depthmap in new ways. The Kinect RoboRealm module provides access to the depth map, RGB image, accelerometer information and provides the ability toĬontrol the head tilt angle all from within RoboRealm.
The Kinect also provides a traditional 640x480 RGB image, a 3 axis accelerometer, the ability to tilt its head and a nifty
This is invaluable for use in obstacle avoidance and navigation. The main feature of the Kinect is that it provides a 640x480 depth map in realtime (30 fps) that indicates which objects are near While the Kinect was created as an addition to the XBOX itĬan be used just in conjunction with a PC to gain access to the depth information that it provides. Robotics and is a great depth sensor at a reasonable price. The Microsoft Kinect module provides an interface to the Microsoft Kinect XBOX 360 sensor.
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