Demo Software To Visualize, Calibrate and Process Kinect Cameras Output
Kinect RGBDemo and the Nestk Library by Nicolas Burrus aim at providing a simple toolkit to start playing with Kinect data and develop standalone computer vision programs without the hassle of integrating existing libraries.
The 0.6 release includes two new demos, an interactive program to calibrate multiple RGBD cameras, and a one shot 3D model acquisition of objects lying on a table based on PCL table top detector.
Current features include:
Grab kinect images and visualize / replay them
Support for libfreenect and OpenNI/Nite backends
Extract skeleton data / hand point position (Nite backend)
Integration with OpenCV and PCL
Multiple Kinect support and calibration
Calibrate the camera to get point clouds in metric space (libfreenect)
Export to meshlab/blender using .ply files
Demo of 3D scene reconstruction using a freehand Kinect
Demo of people detection and localization
Demo of gesture recognition and skeleton tracking using Nite
Demo of 3D model estimation of objects lying on a table (based on PCL table top object detector)
Demo of multiple kinect calibration
Linux, MacOSX and Windows support
Freescale Adds Controller and Peripheral Modules and Full Kits to Tower System Development Platform
Fifteen additions to modular tool lineup, including modules featuring Kinetis and ColdFire+ microcontrollers, support rapid prototyping and help reduce time to market
MossRehab First in the U.S. to Offer Therapeutic Use of ReWalk Device
In a groundbreaking move, MossRehab, one of the nations leading rehabilitation centers, will be the first facility in the country to offer ReWalk™ - I, an institutional version of ReWalk™, the only motorized exoskeleton that is approved by the FDA to be used in a rehabilitation setting under the supervision of healthcare professionals.
AMREL Robotic Interoperability Breakthrough
AMREL recently demonstrated an important breakthrough in interoperability for unmanned systems.
Inside The Innards of a Nuclear Reactor
The robotic inspector looks like nothing more than a small metallic cannonball. There are no propellers or rudders, or any obvious mechanism on its surface to power the robot through an underwater environment. A robot outfitted with external thrusters or propellers would easily lodge in a reactor’s intricate structures, including sensor probes, networks of pipes and joints.
As the robot navigates a pipe system, the onboard camera takes images along the pipe’s interior. The original plan was to retrieve the robot and examine the images afterward. But now the MIT project director and his students are working to equip the robot with wireless underwater communications, using laser optics to transmit images in real time across distances of up to 100 meters.
DELTA TAU: POWER PMAC - Motion Control Innovation
Controlling the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
iRobot and InTouch Health Announce Agreement To Explore Potential Opportunities in Healthcare Market
iRobot Corp. and InTouch Health, announced the signing of a joint development and licensing agreement to explore potential opportunities for healthcare applications.
Energid Technologies assists Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in development of next-generation robot for nuclear power plant heat exchanger tube inspection
Robotic Hardware Integration Test Successfully Completed
Top Ten Robot Limbs
MAKE Magazine has a selection of ten of the most interesting robotic limbs from the archives. Including a robot sorts over 400 pancakes per minute.
A New Cast of Makers Will Converge on The Henry Ford for Maker Faire Detroit 2011, July 30-31
On July 30 and 31, The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan will be the place to visit when Maker Faire Detroit returns to Henry Ford Museum for two days of unconventional imagination and stunning ingenuity.
Rapidly Growing Robotics Startup Rep Invariant Systems, Inc. Rebrands as Jaybridge Robotics
Rep Invariant Systems, Inc., a rapidly growing robotics software company, today announced that it has changed its name to Jaybridge Robotics. The Cambridge, Massachusetts company, identified by Mass High Tech as one of "Five You Should Follow," offers leading expertise in autonomous vehicle motion, navigation, perception and systems integration.
PPT Vision adds JAI cameras to enhance M-Series embedded machine-vision line
Industrial machine-vision camera manufacturers JAI (San Jose, CA, USA) and PPT Vision (Bloomington, MN, USA) have announced that JAI's CM-140GE-UV ultraviolet (UV) camera and CM-030GE-RH remote-head camera models will be incorporated into PPT's M-Series embedded machine-vision system lineup.
Bilibot: A $1200 Dollar Robot Built Around The Microsoft Kinect Sensor
The Bilibot Project started at MIT through the exploration of what could be done with the new Microsoft Kinect sensor. Besides being a great sensor for gesture technology, the Kinect is a powerful robotic sensor - so much so that robotics laboratories at universities across the world are replacing their $5000 sensors with the $150 Kinect! The Bilibot project takes advantage of this new technological breakthrough to provide a research quality robot at a hobby robot's price.
For $1,200.00 you get:
an iRobot Create
a Kinect (modified to run off of a battery)
a computer running all the nessecary open source software
a small robot arm that uses geared motors, and can lift objects weighting up to 3 lbs
and all the mounting hardware, , wiring and electronics needed to put it all together.
They also have a promotion where they'll send you back $350 if you buy a BiliBot and program it to do something new and interesting and make the source available to the rest of the BiliBot community.
The current batch of Bilibots are sold out but the next batch will be available in September.
Sensitive Gripper with Integrated Web Server
With the WSG 50, SCHUNK is now able to offer a sensitive gripper that can be controlled via Ethernet TCP/IP in addition to Profibus DP. It also has an integrated Web server for configuration and diagnostics that makes programming, putting it into operation, remote maintenance, and updating, simple.
SmartReflect - as Reliable as a Light Barrier, as Straightforward as a Diffuse Sensor
Baumer introduces photoelectric sensors with the new SmartReflect principle for absolutely reliable object detection. These light barriers create a closed light beam between the sensor and machine part. A separate reflector is unnecessary, reducing operating costs and increasing process safety. SmartReflect light barriers recognize objects of any kind.
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Industrial Robotics - Featured Product
TM Robotics - Shibaura Machine THE SCARA range
The THE range from Shibaura Machine is an extensive line up of SCARA robots. Available in four arm lengths THE400 (400mm), THE600 (600mm) and the most recent THE800 (800mm) and THE1000 (1000mm), this range is suitable for assembly, handling, inspection and pick and place processes in varied industrial applications. The THE1000 boasts a 20kg payload capacity and an impressive 0.44 second cycle time, providing high speeds for processes with large components. In fact, the range has been recognised for as the price-to-performance leader compared to other SCARA models in its price range due to its impressive speed versus payload capacity.
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e-con Systems
Since 2003, e-con Systems® has been designing, developing & manufacturing custom and off-the-shelf OEM camera solutions. Backed by a large in-house team of experts, our cameras are currently embedded in 350+ customer products. So far, we have shipped over 2 million cameras to the USA, Europe, Japan, South Korea, & more. Our portfolio includes MIPI, GMSL, GigE, USB cameras, ToF & Stereo cameras & smart AI cameras. They come with industry-leading features, including low-light performance, HDR, global shutter, LED flicker mitigation, multi-camera synchronization, & IP69K-rated enclosure. e-con Systems® also offers TintE™ - an FPGA-based ISP with all necessary imaging pipeline components. It provides a full ISP pipeline as a turnkey solution, featuring optimized, customizable blocks like debayering, AWB, AE, gamma correction and more. Our powerful partner ecosystem, comprising sensor partners, ISP partners, carrier board partners, & more, enables us to offer end-to-end vision solutions.
