====== Openni_Launch (ROS package)====== {{tag>software Kinect tutorial ros_package}} This package is used to retrieve the informations from the kinect http://wiki.ros.org/openni_launch ===== Installation ===== In order to install the drivers and openni_launch, follow the instructions on http://yuechuan.me/ubuntu-12-04-%E4%B8%8A%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AE-ros-%E5%92%8C-kinect/ ===== Instructions ===== First, you need to install the package Then, if you want to see the images : Open a terminal : roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch Open a new terminal : to see the RGB image : rosrun image_view image_view image:=/camera/rgb/image_color to see the depth image : rosrun image_view image_view image:=/camera/depth/image to see the disparity image : rosrun image_view disparity_view image:=/camera/depth/disparity to see the cloud point : rosrun rviz rviz Then, you have to configurate rviz, you can use the following tutorial http://wiki.ros.org/openni_launch/Tutorials/QuickStart