Re:Realsense T265 tracking camera
by meatmanek on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:49AM
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Neat, thanks for linking this, I hadn't heard about Redtail before.
This camera only tracks its own pose - it doesn't output a full depth map, according to the FAQ.[1]
The visual odometry algorithm ("Elbrus") in that video can supposedly be run on an NVIDIA Jetson board (unclear which one) at 30fps.[2] It seems like this runs on the CPU, which is pretty impressive.
The Elbrus demo app uses the $450 ZED stereo camera[3], compared to the $200 T265[4], though there's probably nothing stopping someone from using Elbrus with cheaper cameras, including possibly this one.
1. https://www.intelrealsense.com/tracking-camera-t265/#fl-accordion-5c70b553f2112-tab-0, "Is this a depth camera?"
2. https://docs.nvidia.com/isaac/isaac/packages/perception/doc/visual_odometry.html
3. https://store.stereolabs.com/products/zed/
4. https://store.intelrealsense.com/buy-intel-realsense-tracking-camera-t265.html
This camera only tracks its own pose - it doesn't output a full depth map, according to the FAQ.[1]
The visual odometry algorithm ("Elbrus") in that video can supposedly be run on an NVIDIA Jetson board (unclear which one) at 30fps.[2] It seems like this runs on the CPU, which is pretty impressive.
The Elbrus demo app uses the $450 ZED stereo camera[3], compared to the $200 T265[4], though there's probably nothing stopping someone from using Elbrus with cheaper cameras, including possibly this one.