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Running the articulation perception demo using a Microsoft Kinect sensor

Description: This tutorial explains how to install and run the articulation perception demo.

Tutorial Level: BEGINNER

Download and installation

All required packages are available as Ubuntu packages. To install them, run in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install ros-diamondback-articulation ros-diamondback-openni-kinect

Run the demo

Make sure that the Kinect sensor is plugged in to your computer and make sure that you have the appropriate permissions set for the device.

roslaunch articulation_perception kinect_demo.launch

Videos

Example with an office pedestal:

Example with a laptop lid:

Wiki: articulation_perception/Tutorials/KinectDemo (last edited 2011-03-16 09:14:27 by JuergenSturm)