ROS Kinect

Install and Setup freenect indigo

Kinect With ROS Tutorial

 apt-cache search ros | grep freenect
 sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-freenect-stack
 sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-freenect-launch

To run in 4 terminals

 roscore
 
 cd /opt/ros/indigo/share/freenect_launch/launch
 roslaunch freenect.launch
 
 rosrun image_view image_view image:=camera/rgb/image_color
 
 rosrun image_view disparity_view image:=/camera/depth_registered/disparity

I saw the image but no depth map

Install and Setup freenect

• http://wiki.ros.org/kinect
• http://wiki.ros.org/freenect_stack

 sudo apt-get install ros-hydro-freenect-stack
 
 echo 'blacklist gspca_kinect' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Install and Setup openni

 sudo apt-get install ros-hydro-openni-camera ros-hydro-openni-launch