Good Pre-Built Stereo Camera and Robot Vehicle Suggestion [closed]

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I am working on a hobby project related to autonomous navigation. I want to use stereo camera for obstacle detection and then control the movement of robot vehicle to avoid obstacle.

(1) I am trying to find a readymade robot vehicle that has Parallel/Serial/Ethernet port to interface with a computer. I should be able to send commands through PC to Vehicle to turn left/right, speed up/down, start/stop.

Are there any good,accurate,reliable,cheap robot vehicle available in market?

(2) I am thinking of building a stereo camera. But if a good,accurate,reliable,cheap stereo camera is available on market. I am ready to purchase it too.

Note: It is a small size pet project and hence looking for "CHEAP yet RELIABLE" stereo camera and robot vehicle that can be interfaced with PC.

Thanks in advance.

PS: Would be good if items are available in India.

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I have had some success with a Lego Mindstorm using the Lejos OS. This supports USB and Bluetooth control, so you can also use a cell phone. Although I have not used a camera with this, there are plenty of tutorials online which suggest it is quite simple to do so.

It comes with a selection of sensors and wheels (the kit I bought had an ultrasound rangefinder and a light sensor) so it's really easy to get something up and running if you're more interested in programming than electronics.

The stereo camera I have on my desk right now is a Novo Minoru. It is a really cheap option but seems to work okay for simple vision tasks. It is also UVC compliant so seems to be pretty easy to interface with.