Microsoft Kinect or ASUS Xtion ? [closed]

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xtion

asked 2012-02-05 14:54:02 -0500

Arkapravo

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updated 2016-10-24 09:09:56 -0500

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I plan to buy one of the two, Kinect or Xtion for my Roomba 560. The issue is that I am not able to decide; Kinect probably has a better compatibility with ROS while Xtion has better hardware. Any first hand experience/suggestion will be most welcome.

UPDATE 1
ASUS Xtion Pro Live works really nice with ROS Electric, but has issues with ROS Fuerte and ROS Groovy.

UPDATE 2
ASUS Xtion Pro Live is WOW !

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UPDATE 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPhbyOlCq08

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Concerning the question update, what specific issues have you encountered?, and more importantly, are they reported as issues?. We've had a good experience with an Xtion Pro Live and the latest drivers on Fuerte.

Adolfo Rodriguez T ( 2013-02-23 04:49:14 -0500 )edit

Adolfo Rodriguez T In Groovy, I was getting 'cannot set up USB' while Fuerte had issues with the Open Ni driver. ROS Electric was the easiest and as of now, we are working on Electric. May be 6 months later we may move to Fuerte or Groovy.

Arkapravo ( 2013-02-24 05:35:20 -0500 )edit

Adolfo Rodriguez T Can you tell me which packages and commands did you use for Fuerte ?

Arkapravo ( 2013-02-26 14:18:49 -0500 )edit

Latest binary packages (ie. libopenni 1.5.4.0, libopenni-sensor-primesense 5.1.0.41). Launch files from openni_launch package. Tested in Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04, ros Fuerte.

Adolfo Rodriguez T ( 2013-02-26 23:48:16 -0500 )edit

Adolfo Rodriguez T Thanks !

Arkapravo ( 2013-02-28 22:53:50 -0500 )edit

I like update 2! :-D

bit-pirate ( 2013-03-07 16:29:06 -0500 )edit

@bit-pirate LOL !!! it is a work in progress ! ;-)

Arkapravo ( 2013-03-07 19:08:46 -0500 )edit

@Arkapravo I think your robot would look much cooler with a Kobuki base! ;-)

bit-pirate ( 2013-03-10 13:54:34 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-02-05 15:25:07 -0500

ahendrix

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The Asus models have the distinct advantage that they're USB-only, smaller, and easier to mount than the Kinect. The disadvantage is that you need to pay attention to how you support it when mounting; the mounting tab on the Asus will break in high-stress or high-vibration environments if it isn't properly supported, but this is still easier than mounting a kinect.

Depth and RGB from both sensors work well with the OpenNI drivers in ROS Electric.

Note that the Asus Xtion Pro is depth-only, while the Asus Xtion Pro Live has both depth and RGB.

I believe the stereo microphones on the Asus Xtion Pro Live are supported with the OpenNI driver, but I don't think there's ROS support for them yet.

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@ahendrix So ? which one should I go for ? LOL !

Arkapravo ( 2012-02-07 02:55:03 -0500 )edit

@ahendrix Hi again, I have purchased an Xtion Pro Live - where do I start ? AFAIK ROS doesn't have a Xtion package ! Any hints ? :-)

Arkapravo ( 2012-03-28 07:07:59 -0500 )edit

The usual Kinect tutorials and drivers will work; use the openni_kinect package. This is because the Kinect and Asus sensors are both OpenNI devices; the Kinect was first, so most of the packages got named after it, but most things should work with both.

ahendrix ( 2012-03-29 22:26:34 -0500 )edit

@ahendrix Cool !

Arkapravo ( 2012-03-30 04:35:51 -0500 )edit

@ahendrix Another tip needed, which OS are you using for the Xtion ? I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - which has serious issues, further Xtion recommends Ubuntu 10.10.

Arkapravo ( 2012-03-31 21:01:26 -0500 )edit

That should probably be a new question. I've been using an Xtion with ROS Electric on Ubuntu 10.04 without problems.

ahendrix ( 2012-04-01 19:58:56 -0500 )edit

@ahendrix Thank you, I tried with a new question - but no luck ! :-( http://answers.ros.org/question/30700/open-ni-glibc_212-not-found

Arkapravo ( 2012-04-01 22:14:18 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-03-04 11:57:50 -0500

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updated 2012-03-04 11:58:35 -0500

I did a bit of a comparison of the Xtion and Kinect. Data was collect with OpenNI's viewer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnQbu7GbO-w&context=C33cabf8ADOEgsToPDskIR4yyG03ot19leP3KHphSX

Before I got a hold of it I didn't realise the size difference was that significant!

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Horrible music.

Cerin ( 2013-02-03 16:34:03 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-10-18 06:44:18 -0500

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This is a very late answer but i have not used the Xtion but I have been able to with a simple resistor added to the kinect at the power circuit been able to use the kinect on only usb power. Actually even thought people have stated that the minimum power needed should be about 0.7 amps I am able to run it from a single usb 2 port that has 0.5 amp. Just to be sure however I am running mine from two usb ports with a power usb Y cable.

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answered 2012-03-04 12:48:04 -0500

Mac

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USB-only is handy, but (if you can get access to raw battery voltage on your Roomba, like you can on a create), it's about thirty minutes and ten dollars of work to pull power from the robot for a Kinect.

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@Mac Well, the Roomba (560) is much like create !

Arkapravo ( 2012-03-04 20:00:19 -0500 )edit

Sure, but the Create has pins in the cargo bay for battery voltage (and assorted other things); I don't know if that's easily-accessible on a Roomba.

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