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Originally Posted by soxfan269
Our team is considering purchasing a NI module for our cRIO II that gives it a USB port. This would give us the capability to plug the Kinect directly into the cRIO without having to rewire or change anything. The module cost $320 and we we're wondering if it's worth paying that to have the Kinect on it. So I pose two questions. 1) Is having the Kinect as a sensor a big advantage. 2) Is it worth $320 to make it easy to connect the Kinect.  |
1) IMO, It's not. While it has its uses, it's not only heavy, but easily replaceable by lighter sensors that perform the same way it does.
2) I wouldn't pay that just to have a large collection of sensors I already have, but that's just me.