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source) Howard Gordon who runs Surveyor Corporation just sent me details on their latest product, the Surveyor Stereo Vision System, or SVS for short. The system allows you to record high-resolution full-frame video using two video cameras for a complete stereo vision system. Better yet, the whole set-up is 2.5″ x 6.0″ and only weighs 5 oz.
The SVS is open source, and it is intended for researchers, educators and developers interested in enabling depth perception in their applications without the need for an array of active sensors (e.g. laser scanners, ultrasonics, infrared, etc).Â
Conçu pour la recherche, l'enseignement et l’exploration, le Robot à chenilles à quatre moteurs SRV-1Q Surveyor intègre un processeur de 500 MHz 1000 MIPS BF537 Blackfin d'appareils analogiques, une caméra vidéo numérique de résolutions de 160x28 à 1280x1024 pixels, la télémétrie à pointeurs laser et la réseautique de réseau local sans fil 802.11b/g sur une base robotique mobile à chenilles à quatre moteurs.
A new video camera, developed by Mesa Imaging, captures 3D images at up to 29 fps. The 176×144 pixel camera outputs live video footage with depth information for each pixel. The camera gives precision depth information from 0.3m to 3m, with an accuracy of less than 0.3cm. This amazing sensor is being sold by Acroname for $7,500, but compared to many laser rangefinders, which only capture data in two dimensions, this is quite a deal.