[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by daniel_dsouza

What would you think of this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=50002136%2040000003& IsNodeId=1&name=Barebone%20Systems

they seem to be good for the price...The only problem is a power supply. But if you were robot mounting a kinect, you would probably have enough experience to power this as well...

Looks like this might be an interesting solution: http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-160-XT

Accepts a 12-volt DC input and drives the motherboard directly. Surely, you'd probably want some power conditioning to ensure a constant 12-volt input, but it's a step in the right direction. Just rip out the AC-DC power supply (and save weight while doing it!) and replace it with this.