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The move_base package can take a PointCloud as sensor_topic but it's more expensive and computationally it's going to cost you more than ultrasonic and/or IR. Ultrasonic are cheap and work fast but they are more use as a "last minute reaction" kind of sensor. Having the kinect gives a better accuracy in the general navigation.
As a side note, you're not doing any slam since you already have a map.
It all depend on you. Which is more important : Accuracy or speed or price or possibility to have your robot "upgraded" software-wise ? That's going to be what will help you make your choice :).
From my experience, the 3D camera didn't slowed down the robot "computation" that much, if you're using something other than a raspberry. But it costs a lot more money than IR/ultrasonic :P
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