How do I control / acquire the tilt angle of kinect v1? I am using freenect on ROS kinetic.

asked 2018-06-19 22:21:20 -0500

meghdeepj
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updated 2018-06-19 22:45:41 -0500

Hardware: Microsoft Kinect v1 ROS distro: kinetic version: v1.12.13

kinect_aux seems to be the driver which lets us access the accelerometer and tilt motor, but it is not available for ROS kinetic.

Also, I read somewhere that dynamic_reconfigure GUI is an alternative, but I can't seem to find the tilt angle. Please help.

answered 2018-06-20 06:01:30 -0500

jdeleon

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Hi @meghdeepj

I’m using with no problems the Kinect v1, with the package Kinect_aux and ROS Kinetic.

You should download the package from github to your ws and then compile without problems.

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I have tried with kinect_aux on kinetic. But when trying to run "$ rosrun kinect_aux kinect_aux_node" it shows an error, No valid aux device found.

But, roslaunch freenect_launch freenect.launch shows 1 device connected and opens 'Xbox NUI Camera' and the kinect is running.

meghdeepj ( 2018-06-20 06:22:37 -0500 )edit

I am having similar issue with openni_launch, it shows 0 devices connected but the freenect seems to detect my device. lsusb shows three devices connected. Kinect NUI Camera, Audio and Motor. Are you using openni or freenect? Thank you

meghdeepj ( 2018-06-20 06:24:32 -0500 )edit

Hi @meghdeepj,

I just launched the kinect with the Rtabmap package, with the freenect option:

$ roslaunch freenect_launch freenect.launch depth_registration:=true

And finally, launch the kinect_aux

jdeleon ( 2018-06-26 02:35:38 -0500 )edit

Hi @meghdeepj, could finally control the tilt angle?

jdeleon ( 2018-10-09 15:28:28 -0500 )edit

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