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why my computer shutdown everytime when running hand detection.launch

asked 2012-05-04 05:57:44 -0600

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I am using the mit-ros-pkg and everytime I roslaunch the hand detection.launch using kinect, after a while, my computer will be shutdown automatically...help!

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Thank you very much. You are right the reason is my computer getting too warm as it was very hot in my lab...

tan ( 2012-05-09 00:49:49 -0600 )edit

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answered 2012-05-07 05:18:44 -0600

Lorenz

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I actually think that's not a problem with the hand detector but with your computer. Is guess the hand detector is using a lot of CPU. Is your computer maybe getting too warm?

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+1 on this analysis. Bad CPU / RAM can also manifest as random crashes under heavy load; maybe you should run memtest.

Mac ( 2012-05-07 05:54:20 -0600 )edit

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