Control a Robot with Kinect
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jan 15, 2011 21:40 JST
- Tags: Controllers, Gundam, Microsoft, PC Hardware, Robots, Technology, Video Gallery
The potential of Kinect continues to expand – this time robotics hobbyists have developed a system for controlling an actual robot body using Kinect.
The results are extremely impressive to say the least:
The robot used is a hobbyist robot kit dressed to look somewhat like a Gundam mech – an actual robotic Gundam toy/model cannot be too far off.
The software used, V-Sido, resides here. Particularly impressive is the fact that the robot independently maintains its balance rather than falling over in certain postures…
More of the software:
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remember that movie "Surrogates" with Bruce Willis? this is the beginning of it in real life*
after that,Terminator LOL
Gundam and Evangelion coming soon
Robot Jox?
Soon wars will be fought between Kinect-controlled robots and humanity will be destroyed... so those Kinect-haters were right all along...
Ore no Kono te ga Maakani Moeru! Shori o tsukameto todoroki sakebu!!
BAAAAAAAKURETSU!!!!
GO-DO FINGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gun x sword
I don't know if anyone is thinking like me, but the first thing i think of when looking at these is Keroro Gunso @@
I like how the Kinect is being used for everything but the games it was originally marketed for. :d
bit isnt it awesome how this really IS able to be the beginnign of robot-wars? i mean they were already experimenting with simialr techniques to do surgerry with robot hands and similar stuff. it realy IS not far off..
the problem with it now is that to make it true robot wars (robots against humans) the robots would have to be given a "learning" AI, and that's next to improbable as far as today's society goes hehehe
This is eggselent
Time to start preparing for the gundam wars that's inevitable.
ENGORGE! HENTAI LOLI GUNDAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!
Welp, this is the last signal I need to prepare for the next World War, it's coming I tell you...this is clean proof right here...
Reminds more of free-movement control.
Something like ginga bishounen but less "ginga" lol.
G Gundam interface.
Models no - not to far off, except hobbyists will have to figure out how to miniturize the gyros neccessary to stabilize a stand alone model "mecha".
As was discussed in the forum (we got a thread where this was debated to death),... The only two things inhibiting the building of a full scale mech is the artificial muscles and a reliable power source.
Even a more reasonable sized exoskeleton like a landmate (Shirow Sensei) would be difficult to built without an umbilical to power the systems.
It would be very cool to have actual robot battles, it would be the next generation of battle bots.
^_^
RISE! SHINING GUNDAAAM!!
Adding to the things which inhibits building a full scale mecha:
- GROUND PRESSURE. Especially if you're thinking humanoid Gundam-like mecha, and plan to use them in terrestrial environment. Mother earth will be your biggest enemy because legs can't spread weight well enough, and the concentrated weight will cause it to sink into the ground. You're welcome to argue about using larger footpads, but that'll put a strain on your power source, hydraulics / whatever your actuator system is. Other solution includes paving every soft grounds on earth with concrete... but that isn't so practical, is it?
- INEFFECTIVE ARMORING. So, you're imagining about using them in combat? Good luck trying to armor the mech effectively while considering the restraints of physical laws such as weight and, once again, ground pressure. Don't forget also that mech may be sticking out like sore thumb for everyone to see (and shoot). Being a (roughly) 7 meter tall entity, there won't be much place to hide.
lol they used Char's Z'Gok :3
"an actual robotic Gundam toy/model cannot be too far off."
I'll HHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG'd if they pursue this option :3
First, they start to move via Kinect.
Next, they'll battle on small-scale, being moved via Kinect.
Then finally, on a larger scale. Yess... The future seems to filled with awesome.
It will be like G Gundam. Can't wait for German Ninja Gundam.
lolwhut? "german ninja"? since when do we have ninjas here in germany? did i miss something?
Speigel Gundam, I believe the reference is.
And yes, it is German Ninja Gundam.
okay...
whats "speigel" supposed to mean? did they try to say "spiegel"? (that means mirror)
If they just decided to magnify the movement onto that Gundam they've already built...
wed all be dead by that time. maybe our grandsons would pilot them someday though
It is truly sad.... -_-
What is this pressure I feel? Char???
CHAARRRRRRR!!!
Kinect is a god damn webcam, if they're treating it as "new technology" then I'm more sad then sickened..
Taking pictures of something several times a second, transferring it to a computer, and replaying it, is a webcam.
Kinect actually has to identify and track points on a person's body, which requires far more sophisticated software.
It may not be new, several CG movies for instance use similar technology, but it's certainly innovative, and I can't think of another consumer product that utilizes it.
the important bit of technology on kinect is the depth sensor, and it's the most affordable, decent quality one available.
Webcams can't track depth
Another troll? Or was it just silly uneducated opinion?:o
Troll?
Lol, where were you when comments were all "Sigh, Kinect fails yet again! Microsoft should just give up!" and "LOLOLOL KINECT". The other 9/10 Kinect articles are just people bashing Kinect.
Amazing how fast people's opinion on things change on this site.
Don't talk about things you have no actual knowledge of. Prevents you from looking stupid.
not rly there they are controlling it with their MINDS and here with movement.
G gundam. Daimos and other gigantic mecha with motion trackers. LET THE WISEST WORLD WAR BEGIN!
freakin' sweet. i just wonder when they will get 2 xboxes and have a guy control the robot and in turn the robot plays xbox. robots just want to have fun too! :)
While I don't want to use Kinect for video games, stuff like this does make me consider buying it. Kinect clearly has a lot more potential than microsoft intends to use it for.
Also, that hands in these videos looks pretty feminine. It would be really hot if a girl was doing all of this.
yeah i think its a girl! XD
I never once met or know any female Gundam figurines collector. Ain't it a boys-club thing?
If you have the sources to prove me wrong, please give me some.
I guess the next gundam will be sponsored by microsoft since the pilot using kinect to control it..
It's G Gundam all over again.... Can't wait to make my mech shout SHINING FINGER!!!! And the idea that Microsoft = Zaft or Minovsky is somewhat weird...
and it will be G-gundam that getting hot by shout
I'm still waiting on a Miku-bot
@ alex
Miku-bot would be great
Miku-bots will be the final step towards MikuMiku World Conquest...
we need an army of Miku-bots to
leek rape"convert" the non-believers >:]yeah... u know what... i think the technology that kinect was implemented has a great potential to be developed into a more great technology than for playing games... how about virtual reality computer??
This completely changed my mind about kinect. I'm all for any tech that gets us closer to mobile suites!
wanna bet that many years from now after we establish mobile suits we'll look back thinking "and they say it couldn't be done" :)