Open source driver for Kinect

[bbagnall]

Looks like there is a preliminary open source driver for the Kinect sensor. No doubt it will improve with time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhW-cvpkks

This could be pretty useful for robotics projects:

- aiming the Kinect at a mobile robot
- mounting it (tethered) to a mobile robot

Code is here:
http://git.marcansoft.com/?p=libfreenect.git

[bbagnall]

Someone has already posted a video of Kinect in action with a mobile robot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRPEns8MS2o

Tether-less! Looks promising.