As a response to those speculating about putting the Kinect on your robot:
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Q: Can I put the Kinect on my robot to detect other robots or field elements?
While the focus for Kinect in 2012 is at the operator level, as described above, there are no plans to prohibit teams from implementing the Kinect sensor on the robot.
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http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/kinect
So, it seems FIRST is focusing on using this for controlling the robot (I also hope it's not the only, required means of driving the robot), but we're also free to have some fun with in on the robots.