KINECT WORKING IN LABVIEW!!!

[MaxKinect]

Laptops are legal to use. Kinect -> usb -> laptop -> ethernet -> robot.

12 volts through fuse from robot to kinect.

[maxwellt]

Originally Posted by EricVanWyk

Very cool! Any chance you could share the code?

i also would like to know if you be wondering if you would like to share the code

[Mk.32]

I believe none of the beta test are allowed to post code yet, since the code might change so they want to avoid confusion. They have a ND agreement.

[Roger]

If you notice, Jacob was tinkering back in August way before Dean's video announcement September 27th. Unless Jacob got some Alpha code...?

I wonder how they'll re-write the rules for <R02-D>? No lasers, except for what comes in the KOP? Will they insist on laser goggles? And now I want a robot with ALL those prohibited parts.

[jacob9706]

I had posted the code way back in February.... Sorry for just getting back on the forum. So much off season stuff going on with the team.

For all of you who don't read back in a post before asking for something here is the link again. I'm sure the code released by first is much more refined and just all around better written. I unfortunately did not get the chance to do alpha or beta testing for the next season. That's most likely because I'm part of the team 3574 which was a rookie team last year. (I am a student by the way, NOT a mentor)

http://www.2shared.com/file/pUNf4d89...abview_86.html

oh and the password is first's core value [gp]..... spell it out fellow FIRST members....

[nyy132]

Anybody know what the password for the download is?

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by jacob9706

oh and the password is first's core value [gp]..... spell it out fellow FIRST members....

try it with and without the space

[engunneer]

gracious professionalism

[TerminatrSlayer]

Originally Posted by lemiant

Hate to rain on your parade, but I seem to remember that lasers are illegal on FRC robots (I don't *think* that the fact they are invisible matters)

This year the robots are using a kinect... so I don't think it is illegal anymore. Kinect as stated before, uses a "infrared light source".

[come-at-me-bro]

I would love to see a vidya of you demonstrating it.

[autox_vette]

Originally Posted by TerminatrSlayer

This year the robots are using a kinect... so I don't think it is illegal anymore. Kinect as stated before, uses a "infrared light source".

Only reference I can find to laser is in [R8] example D which says that "Exposed lasers other than Class I" are examples of hazardous or unsafe materials (and the statement that any laser pointers used for alignment must be part of the robot [G2].

To me, this means that Class I lasers and laser pointers are allowed.

Kenton

[Masonimal]

Kinect uses depth to track objects that are in the way. The depth camera inside is used in adition to the skeletal tracker that traces the person standing in front of the camera. When programming the Kinect to you have to take into consideration that the skeletal tracker is used more than anything when you study the actions in the games that come with the Xbox. I play the Dance Central 2 game actively, along with Fruit Ninja Kinect. Both use the skeletal tracker to follow through with the requirements of the game. In Fruit Ninja, depth is used to trace an outline of the player and use that outline to place them into the game as a "shadow." The Kinect is a fun tool but it is also a very complex device that has seen several "hacks" used to innovate Microsofts new gadget. I am wondering how well the Kinect will be used into the robot, but at the same time, how will each team figure out how to make it work in the first place.