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Originally Posted by biojae
Who says it has to be on the robot?
Why not use it as it was designed, and have your drivers be the controllers?
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Originally Posted by basicxman
That's exactly what I was saying; I realize that it is probably not FIRST-competition reliable but would still be cool in other environments.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The Kinect sense has a practical ranging limit of 1.2–3.5 metres (3.9–11 ft) distance |
Standing far enough back from the controls for Kinect to properly sensor a driver means that driver has to stand at the very rear of the driver's station. Additionally, both the Driver Coach and the other Driver have to make sure they do not interfere with Kinect's imaging. Finally, every couple of years the human players are also confined to the driver's station; thus any of the HP's movement would have to keep from interfering with the Kinect as well.
By all means file it under 'neat' and 'innovative' -- so long as it's not within a competition robot driver controls context.