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Currently working with the ODroid XU4 with Ubuntu 15.04 32bit.
Mounted in the ODroid default case with 16GB of eMMC.
8GB free for this work and 1.3GB of RAM with Mate running.

Thought the Kangaroo might be a good alternate as well have one on my desk.

The battery in the Kangaroo is attractive. The ODroid's 8 cores draw 3A at 5VDC (measured with Fluke meter on 100ms max recording mode) with Belkin WiFi, wireless keyboard and a USB camera attached by USB. That is within reach of the old D-Link radio DC/DC converter. Thing is: I worry that a dip below 8VDC might cause a reset so we might put a low drop out DC/DC stepup booster to 15VDC or 18VDC before that D-Link DC/DC converter. That adds volume and weight to the ODroid which would otherwise be smaller than the Kangaroo.

Not sure if we field this frankly. For the last several years I invested in vision related hardware and often it did not get on the robot even if it worked. We are student led so if they choose to not follow through it is their choice. I just provide the investment. Personally I like the modularity of doing the video and camera capture on the coprocessor. If they ditch the idea you just take it off.