Industrial inspection robots, which are to move around a nuclear power plant and carry out inspection tasks, must follow a given route while observing static and dynamic features ...
An automatic 3D model reconstruction technique is presented to acquire complete 3D models of real objects. The technique is based on novel approaches to pose estimation and integr...
Catadioptric omnidirectional sensors (catadioptric cameras) capture instantaneous images with panoramic 360 field of view. Entire surroundings are projected via a circularly symme...
Bio-inspired vision sensors are particularly appropriate candidates for navigation of vehicles or mobile robots due to their computational simplicity, allowing compact hardware im...
Hongying Meng, Kofi Appiah, Shigang Yue, Andrew Hu...
—Autonomous man-portable robots have the potential to provide a wide range of new capabilities for both military and civilian applications. Previous research in autonomy for smal...