Kinect usage at competitions

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Originally Posted by Schnabel

I think the atom probably is a bigger issue [/atom hate].
I know that the cable FIRST is using is designed specifically for the Kinect with a powered repeater, so that would explain why the hub didn't work for you. Sorry you had so many issues though!

Well, when we actually attempted to use the kinect, we used a dual core laptop, which kept up fine.

I'm still quite suspicious that it was a cabling problem. I don't recall reading hearing about a repeater; I thought Microsoft simply tested with the cable length first used and gave them the nod for using it.
We were able to drive it around for about 5 minutes in our build area, and we had what seemed to be much better control.

Has anybody else using the kinect observed similar issues to mine?