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kinect dies when using the follower example on a turtlebot

asked 2013-01-26 09:39:21 -0500

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updated 2016-10-24 09:02:42 -0500

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I'm trying to test out the follower example on my turtlebot. Everything seems to work fine, I start the follower app, the kinect comes on, then as soon as the motors move the kinect shuts off. Sometimes the robot will move a little bit before it shuts off. Other times it seems like the kinect is still running (red IR light is on) but the robot doesn't respond at all.

Here's what I get out of the follower app.

[kinect_laser-5] restarting process Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading'="" from="" '="" usr="" lib="" python2.7="" threading.pyc'=""> ignored process[kinect_laser-5]: started with pid [5010] [kinect_laser_narrow-6] restarting process Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading'="" from="" '="" usr="" lib="" python2.7="" threading.pyc'=""> ignored process[kinect_laser_narrow-6]: started with pid [5011] [openni_launch-3] process has died [pid 4984, exit code 255, cmd /opt/ros/fuerte/stacks/nodelet_core/nodelet/bin/nodelet load openni_camera/OpenNINodelet openni_manager __name:=openni_launch __log:=/home/turtlebot/.ros/log/20535746-67f8-11e2-a10f-00242ca9ad17/openni_launch-3.log]. log file: /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/20535746-67f8-11e2-a10f-00242ca9ad17/openni_launch-3.log respawning... [openni_launch-3] restarting process Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading'="" from="" '="" usr="" lib="" python2.7="" threading.pyc'=""> ignored process[openni_launch-3]: started with pid [5094] [kinect_laser_narrow-6] process has died [pid 5011, exit code 255, cmd /opt/ros/fuerte/stacks/nodelet_core/nodelet/bin/nodelet load pointcloud_to_laserscan/CloudToScan openni_manager cloud:=/cloud_throttled scan:=/narrow_scan __name:=kinect_laser_narrow __log:=/home/turtlebot/.ros/log/20535746-67f8-11e2-a10f-00242ca9ad17/kinect_laser_narrow-6.log]. log file: /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/20535746-67f8-11e2-a10f-00242ca9ad17/kinect_laser_narrow-6.log respawning... [kinect_laser_narrow-6] restarting process Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading'="" from="" '="" usr="" lib="" python2.7="" threading.pyc'=""> ignored process[kinect_laser_narrow-6]: started with pid [5140] [kinect_laser-5] process has died [pid 5010, exit code 255, cmd /opt/ros/fuerte/stacks/nodelet_core/nodelet/bin/nodelet load pointcloud_to_laserscan/CloudToScan openni_manager cloud:=/cloud_throttled __name:=kinect_laser __log:=/home/turtlebot/.ros/log/20535746-67f8-11e2-a10f-00242ca9ad17/kinect_laser-5.log]. log file: /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/20535746-67f8-11e2-a10f-00242ca9ad17/kinect_laser-5*.log respawning... [kinect_laser-5] restarting process Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading'="" from="" '="" usr="" lib="" python2.7="" threading.pyc'=""> ignored process[kinect_laser-5]: started with pid [5152]

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answered 2013-01-26 10:07:35 -0500

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Looks like it's a hardware issue.

I brought the kinect up. Then drove the robot around using the joystick teleop. When it's moving very slow, the kinect stayed on. But if it went faster the kinect died. I verified that the voltage to the kinect is fine so it must be a current issue. I would think that the battery pack could source plenty of current unless my batteries are going bad?

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