[ros-users] Robots Selection

[Patrick Goebel]

Hi Dev,

This might be a better question for the new Q&A forum over at 
http://answers.ros.org but I think you would have a hard time getting 
the Kinect's video/depth map over the air to your host computer without 
having some kind of computer on the Create.  And even then, just 
grabbing the video at a respectable frame rate (e.g. 10-30 fps) usually 
requires a half-decent netbook, laptop, or mini-ITX style CPU on the 
robot.  Others may have a better idea but I'm drawing a blank.

--patrick

On 02/28/2011 05:44 PM, Dev Chandan wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
>   I am working on an irobot create platform using a kinect to do some
> basic navigation.
>   However I don't want to use an onboard computer to do the processing.
>   I wanted to do the processing on another host computer by accessing
> the data through a wireless router housed on the create.
>   So is it possible to run ROS on this host computer and accessing the
> robot via router.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Dev Chandan Behera
> National University of Sinagpore
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Garratt <garrattgallagher at gmail.com
> <mailto:garrattgallagher at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     $300 is pretty low, but if you have your own laptop, you can make it
>     happen.
>
>     Dan was right, the popular (and my favorite as well) choice is the
>     iRobot Create. I'm working on a project to make a good mounting for the
>     Kinect on the Create (or the Roomba) and put a computer on board:
>     www.bilibot.com <http://www.bilibot.com>
>     And so is Willow Garage! (It's just a good idea.)
>
>     A couple notes: be careful about the $130 price tag: it only buys you
>     the robot, and you have to supply non-rechargable batteries, which can
>     get really annoying  (and costly) after a while.
>     the price with rechargable battery and charger is $219.
>
>     Also, if you are a vision guy, and that $300 is a hard constraint, I
>     might recommend the Rovio - it has a webcam and already has ROS drivers!
>
>     cheers
>     Garratt
>
>     On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 11:14 -0600, Dan Lazewatsky wrote:
>      > Hi Nicolas -
>      > I recall a similar discussion on this list before, but I can't
>     seem to
>      > find it. The consensus seems to be (and I'm inclined to agree) that
>      > one of the best low-cost options is the iRobot Create, which costs
>      > about $130 USD. You can drop a netbook or laptop on top, and along
>      > with a Kinect, you have a very capable robot.
>      >
>      >
>      > -Dan
>      >
>      > 2011/1/27 Nicolás Alvarez Picco <nicolasapicco at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:nicolasapicco at hotmail.com>>
>      >         Nicolas
>      >
>      >
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