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Yes you can run RGBD-SLAM with a Kinect only, RGBDSLAM does not require a source of odometry such as IMUs and wheel encoders. You can hold the Kinect and move it around. RGBDSLAM constructs a 3D map or your environment while also obtaining the optimized pose (localization).

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