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It's a long way short of a good kinematic example, but it does work. We used the software we used because we only had a Kinect 1 to play with, you could do something much better with a Kinect 2. It's a long way short of a good kinematic example, but it does work. We used the software we used because we only had a Kinect 1 to play with, you could do something much better with a Kinect 2.
# Software requirements # Software + Hardware requirements
We got our demo running in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on an i7 870 CPU with 8GB of ram. We got our demo running in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on an i7 870 CPU with 8GB of RAM.
The Kinect V1 is the unit from the Xbox 360, it requires a USB adapter to connect to a computer.
You'll need Processing version 2.2.1 (an old version) and the Open/SimpleNI libraries for it to get the Kinect working. You'll need Processing version 2.2.1 (an old version) and the Open/SimpleNI libraries for it to get the Kinect working.
At the robot end, we had a Baxter from Rethink Robotics, running ROS (internally) and then a ROS session on our computer to connect to it. At the robot end, we had a Baxter from Rethink Robotics, running ROS (internally) and then a ROS session on our computer to connect to it. In between we had our own private LAN with a router acting as DHCP server.
# Conclusion # Conclusion
It worked as we hoped, the Kinect would occasionally lose people. It worked as we hoped, the Kinect would occasionally lose people.