Comment by MarcS on October 4, 2012 at 4:00pm

Some background reading: http://www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de/en/content/team-1-13

(Summarizing: SGM algorithm from DLR http://www.dlr.de/rm/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-4847/8044_read-13... packed on an FPGA for low power consumption for use in cars)

Could be a nice (and more powerful) Kinect replacement, if they licence it for such an application... Mercedes cars are probably a bit too pricy just to take out the sensor :-)

Developer Comment by Randy on October 4, 2012 at 8:12pm

yes, a system like kinect (or better) would be great for a mini uav.

I actually experimented with trying to connect a kinect up to an arduino last year using the sparkfun USB Host shield and the code from Circuits@home but found that the usb protocol could not be handled.  Definitely need an ARM processor running on a separate board to be able to handle the number crunching.

Moderator Comment by Ruwan on October 4, 2012 at 10:50pm

Interesting. I wonder what would happen if two cars like this would react when they are in a colliding path.. 

Comment by Muhammad Al-Rawi on October 5, 2012 at 3:22pm

I didn't see anything about operation at night. 

Sure, they could be lit with infrared or maybe just the headlights would do, but you wouldn't be able to see everything. I wonder how that would affect their performance. 

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