Visual tracking of stationary points positioned at a large distance from moving robot provides a good basis for determining robot orientation and it may speed-up operation of structure from motion and navigation algorithms. ...

The paper presents introductory results on analyzing effectiveness of using Kinect camera in realization of robotic manipulation tasks. Two available communication interfaces, Kinect for Windows and OpenNI are considered ...

Accuracy of depth measurement with Microsoft Kinect and similar 3D vision sensors depends on variations in sensor production. Sensor reading may show significant systematic errors that can be compensated in software by ...