Mechanical system for pan and tilt for kinect

[manuelgitgomes]

To have a correct angle measurement for the kinect and movement flexibilitty, a pan and tilt unit is needed.

[manuelgitgomes]

Example of a (complicated) pan and tilt

[FSFToco]

basic model of the pan and tilt system

[FSFToco]

added a support on the other side of the servo, to offset the weight of the Kinect, it is shaped like a cylinder to freely move as the Kinect base tilts according to the servo

[manuelgitgomes]

The next step is sizing the motors https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/33010787343.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2bra

[FSFToco]

updated model of the project

[FSFToco]

calculations to check if the 9 Kg/cm servo motor that is available would be enough for the tilt system

[FSFToco]

Remade the piece into an assembly of the two separate parts

[manuelgitgomes]

You can check PTU units!

[FSFToco]

adjusted the size for the CAD servo, still have to fix the design of the support

[FSFToco]

calculations for the servo motor responsible for the "pan" portion of the system

[FSFToco]

latest update of the CAD model, it is entirely supported by the panning servo motor, so the last piece missing would be a support for the servo that can also be used as a connection between the pan and tilt module and Prometheus

[FSFToco]

Added a chamfer to the main body upon realizing it would limit the rotation angle otherwise, the chamfer was made so that the hard limit to tilting forward is 20º

[andrefdre]

I was searching about the kinect and found out the kinect cameras already have the tilt implemented and there is a ROS package to control this kinect_aux. So it's only necessary to develop the pan, since the tilt already could be controlled with ROS.

https://github.com/AutoMecUA/AutoMec-AD/assets/58526188/ba473f9d-1dcb-4c71-b31d-5b2533b29aec

[PedroMS3]

As the kinectic has a pan , the package is called Kinect_Aux, the design will be changed

[FSFToco]

As the Kinect can tilt, we need only the functionality of panning, this design is similar to the previous but removes the elements that were used for tilting the kinect.