Replacement of ZR300 for SLAM ! is it D435 or D415 ?

[MHaq]

Hi,

I am new to intel real sense camera technology. I need to use intel real sense camera for SLAM.

My first question is : which one is the successor of ZR300 for SLAM use case? Is it D435 or D415 ? OR which D series is better to use for SLAM ?

My second question is : I noticed that there is ready made SLAM library is available with ZR300 but not with D435 or D415 ? is this available ZR300 SLAM library also workable with D435/D415 ? If not , is there some open source solution available to make D435/D415 usable for SLAM purpose ?

Thanks !

[MartyG]

When Intel issued their end of life notice for the ZR300, they recommended to manufacturers that the replacement should be the D430 camera module, which is the camera circuit board inside the D435 camera model.

The D435 model is better at tracking in motion than the D415 because the D435 has a fast 'global shutter', whereas the D415 has a rolling shutter better suited to scanning stationary objects. However, the D415 model tends to produce better quality depth scans than the D435.

The ZR300 SLAM library would not work with the 400 Series cameras. A new RealSense SLAM Vision Library is being worked on.

https://realsense.intel.com/solutions/# virtual-reality Solutions - Intel RealSense

Until that is available though, I recommend the open-source ORB-SLAM2 system.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06475 [1610.06475] ORB-SLAM2: an Open-Source SLAM System for Monocular, Stereo and RGB-D Cameras

[MHaq]

Thanks for the quick answer !