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Unread 31-01-2012, 11:36
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I will get back to you on that.
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Re: Running the Kinect on the Robot.

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Originally Posted by realslimschadey View Post
are there any drivers that we need to use the kinect with the driver station. it says i need a server. does the new driver station come with it. when i plug the kinect into the classmate it doesnt recognize it????????
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Originally Posted by RoboMaster View Post
realslimschadey, please look at some other threads, resources from FIRST, or start your own question thread. This thread is about using the Kinect on the robot, like a camera.

To use the Kinect on the robot, you would need either a computer ON the robot, or have the Kinect USB somehow streamed wirelessly to the Classmate/FIRST laptop for translation, then sent back to the bot for angle determination. FIRST provides all the resources through their "Technical Resources" webpage.
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/2012-kit-of-parts-driver-station/ This webpage provides you with all the links that you will need. First, you need to download the NI Labview Update in order to have the Classmate up to date, along with a update for FIRST utilities, and the Driver Station Update. These MUST be installed **IN LISTED ORDER** to run the supported version of the Driver Station. To give your Classmate/FIRST laptop the ability to support Kinect use, you must first ensure the computer meets the following system requirements.
It must have:
Microsoft Windows 7 Starter Edition and up
2.0 GHZ Processor or higher
1 GB of RAM or higher
3 GB or more of FREE HARD DRIVE space

To get the Kinect running after the Driver Station is installed, download & install the Microsoft Kinect SDK. After doing this, download/install the FRC Kinect Server software. This will allow FIRST software cross-compatibility between the Kinect SDK and the FIRST software.
Finally, download the Kinect Kiosk software to enable viewing of what the Kinect sees on the Driver Station. (Skeleton or not.) If you would like it to act just as a camera on the robot, then you will have to somehow program that into the FRC Dashboard (Editing the Driver Station code isn't allowed).

Hopefully this will help those who needed it working!