Kinect Motion Tracking Robot Controller using RDS4

Using the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 Beta (http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/) and a reference platform used for this demo comes with an 8-core Propeller microcontroller to directly control two 12v motors. These motors can be control remotely or the robot can roam autonomously by leveraging several sensors around the robot and see in 3D using Microsoft Kinect.

Gershon Parent , a developer with the Microsoft Robotics group, has added a new twist on how the robot can be wirelessly controlled which he's dubbed the "Motion Tracking Robot Controller". By leveraging skeletal tracking through a Kinect sensor Gershon can control the two 12v motors through arm gestures navigating the robot through his environment.

The robot that's being used in this demo is an implementation of the reference platform built by Parallax. (http://www.parallax.com/eddie)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Kinect
• remote control
• rds4
• robot
• robotics
• developer
• studio
• microsoft
• nui
• hri
• natural user interface
• human robot interaction
• parallax
• eddie

[MatthewRMarcus]

You should use Microsoft Sam for a voice. :-)