@DJ ... if you happen to read this, a question. I am just getting ready to build my robots head (large robot). Now that EZB is getting ready to adapt the Kinect I am wondering should I continue with that or not? Will the Kinect also be used as a camera? Will it be detecting the QR codes, face tracking, color, etc? I would hate to go about and build my head and then switch it all to the Kinect. Hate to bother you with this but just wondering?

Herr

I'm excited!

OMG EZ-B and the Kinect, I can't wait to interface this setup. I belive we should know as much about the Kinect as possible so we robot builders can create wounderful things. My first question was how is the kinect put together, can we take it apart to customize it into our robots body, or are we to have robots with Kinect heads. So the first thing I wanted to know was how to take it apart without destroying it, so I found this great video that shows you the tools needed and the step by step process. Even if you don't plan on taking it apart at least you get to see what makes this thing tic. Enjoy

Thanks @Tymtravler That is a great find.

Alan

@ DJ tell us MORE PLEASE!

So, i checked the kinect sdk and other downloadable file. Looks like there are some real cool things that can be done. Im imagining that raw data can be taken from the kinect, but the processing might require some power. My d810 laptop was barely pulling it

I would imagine that you pass the data to the pc for processing. I might be wrong

Correct. The Kinect device must be connected to a Windows PC via USB. It cannot actually sit on your robot unless the robot has its own PC on-board. It does require a fair amount of performance from the PC in order to do all the fancy skeletal tracking and stuff.

My pc will be in the robot. Much like human brain, the ezb will act partially as occipital lobe, and as brainstem. The frontal lobe functions will be on the pc, along with heavy visual calculations

Here, however, is a video contradictory to your statement