Kinect - advanced sensor for robots

Such a wonderful device like Kinect could not help but attract the attention of various self-made. And a week after the start of sales, the controller protocol was hacked .

The site openkinect.org is already working and now Kinect can be used for various installations or as an advanced robot sensor.
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A library has already been created for working with Kinect under Processing and a plugin for openFrameworks - ofxKinect , which works in conjunction with OpenCV



It can already be seen on iRobot and PR2 .



Kinect + ROS:




What can I say - the sensor is very, very interesting!

Unfortunately, not very happy about the price of this device. In the US, it sells at a price of $ 149 (it is mentioned that Microsoft sells it at a loss-making price, hoping to recoup money on software), in Europe it costs 149 Euro, and in Russia it costs about 8,000 rubles.

Links

www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect
http://openkinect.org
Kinect - OpenSource
Kinect - One Week Later
Kinect drivers for ROS coming together