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Object_detection (ROS package)
Overview
This package use a kinect with the ros package openni_launch in order to detect a specific type of object. Currently, it can only detect the red objects.
Installation
This package was developed for the Indigo distro and is using the catkin package type.
To install it, you just have to download the following archives and extract it in …/catkin_ws/src, then open a console, go to catkin_ws and enter the command
catkin_make
Quick tests
Connect the kinect to the computer.
Open a console and enter the command
roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch
Open a new console and enter the command
rosrun object_detection object_detection
Then open another console and enter the command
rosrun image_view image_view image:=/object_detection/red_objects