Eh, they're better than they were, but there's nothing that can meet the needs of generalizable robotics.
Every depth camera on the market does badly in some common situations. Even the ones that cost as much as a house.
> A decade ago, the state of the art was aligning an IC over the right spot and a board and putting it in place.
Are you sure you don't mean 3-4 decades ago?
Eh, they're better than they were, but there's nothing that can meet the needs of generalizable robotics.
Every depth camera on the market does badly in some common situations. Even the ones that cost as much as a house.
> A decade ago, the state of the art was aligning an IC over the right spot and a board and putting it in place.
Are you sure you don't mean 3-4 decades ago?