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Re: Kinect on the robot

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Originally Posted by ~Cory~ View Post
The question comes down to how you are going to power that on board computer. The rule right now is:


So does this mean that a laptop battery can exist on the robot? If no, the kinetic is out unless someone would like to write a driver for it and somehow interface with the cRIO (no usb and the usb module is storage only right now...)


The other thing is cost. Is the value of the laptop going to put the robot over the limit?


With these in mind 706 is most likely not going to pursue using the kinect and instead stay with our trusted webcam vision and target tracking.
As long as the laptop battery is integral to the laptop, the laptop is COTS, and the laptop battery does not power ANYTHING else ... then Yes the laptop with battery is allowed.

Oh, and the Kinect is not powered by the USB port, it has it's own power input that is integrated into it's custom (But COTS to the Kinect) USB cable.
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