I didn't say "ultimate robotic sensor" ;-) I think a 5MPixel 3D sensor would go in a different category altogether... -=Abe On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Radu Bogdan Rusu wrote: > Abe, > > Interesting - thanks for sharing this. I wasn't aware of this company. > > "Elphel Inc. has been creating the worlds first open camera systems based > on free (GNU/GPL) software and open hardware. Elphel Inc. is an Utah based > company which went into business in 2001 and was founded by the digital > imaging specialist Andrey Filippov (PhD) who before worked for the General > Physics Institute in Moscow, Russia, in the area of high-speed > high-resolution, mixed signal design, application of PLDs and FPGAs, > microprocessor-based embedded system hardware and software design, with a > special focus on image acquisition methods for laser physics studies and > computer automation of scientific experiments." > > http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Roadmap - also interesting: "CMOS > sensor-specific distortions caused by the Electronic Rolling Shutter do not > need to be removed realtime - the PC power may be not enough to do so. It is > perfectly OK to be able to just post-process the video recorded from the > camera." > > > Not sure about this being the ultimate camera for robotics though =) > Where's all the 3D love? ;) How about a 5MPixel PrimeSense 3D sensor? ;) > > Cheers, > Radu. > > > > On 11/30/2010 11:10 AM, Abe Bachrach wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> Has anyone tried/used the elphel camera system? >> http://www3.elphel.com/ >> It is an open source software/hardware "smart" camera system that combines >> the camera with an FPGA, and an embedded >> processor. >> >> It looks like it would be very useful for robotics applications; however, >> it is currently only available with a 5Mpix >> sensor with a ROLLING shutter. >> >> It seems to me that if they (or someone else) developed a sensor-head with >> a global shutter, (and integrated it with an >> IMU) it could be the ultimate camera for robotics applications. >> >> Does anyone have experience with it? >> thanks, >> -=Abe >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >