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Luxonis is known for its OAK-D 3D cameras. Two cameras are used for stereoscopic vision that deliver depth information to the host, which is often a robot.
This time around, their latest Kickstarter project is called "rae," which stands for Robotics Access for Everyone. The starting point is $399 that gets you one rae robot.
I talked with Bradley Dillon, Chief Operating Officer with Luxonis, about rae.
The platform is compact and rolls around on a set of wheels carrying a ROS-based system that uses five cameras. Four of the cameras are allocated to two 3D stereoscopic vision systems. One set faces front; the other set is to the rear. This provides almost 360 degrees of depth perception. The high-resolution color camera is only on the front (see figure).
The Robot Hub also is part of the mix. This is a control system that spans the robot and cloud; the remote-control system runs on a smartphone. rae runs out of the box complete with games like hide-and-seek, which uses machine learning and face recognition to let the robot find someone who is hiding. Of course, they need to stay in a region where the robot can roll as it does not climb steps or fly.