Kinect 3D Projectile Tracker

This is prototype tennis-ball tracker using the Kinect. It tracks projectiles and predicts their trajectories. The intended use is to wire this to an airsoft turret, and intercept the balls. (I am tossing the balls just to create trajectories -- this is not intended as a juggling ball tracker).

The left side displays the processing performed on the Kinect's depth image, and the right side shows the output (track + predict) projected onto 3D space.

Implementation details here: http://nakkiran.org/personal/kinect-turret/

-Preetum Nakkiran

Libraries Used:
-Microsoft Kinect SDK (depth imaging)
-OpenCV and EmguCV (image processing)
-XNA 4.0 (display)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Kinect
• 3D
• Projectile
• Tracking
• Math
• Physics
• XNA
• Tennis Ball
• Robot
• Trajectory
• Prediction

[thePEOPLEperson1]

Wow, that IS impressive!



[knabbers]

that is really impressive!