— There has been significant progress recently in object recognition research, but many of the current approaches still fail for object classes with few distinctive features, an...
A multi-image focus of attention mechanism has been developed that can quickly distinguish raised objects like buildings from structured background clutter typical to many aerial ...
A new approach called bioinspired engineering of exploration systems (BEES) and its value for solving pressing NASA and DoD needs are described. Insects (for example honeybees and ...
Sarita Thakoor, Javaan S. Chahl, Mandyam V. Sriniv...
Abstract— The underwater environment presents many challenges for robotic sensing including highly variable lighting, the presence of dynamic objects, and the six degree of freed...
— This paper presents a mechanism and a control strategy that enables automated non-contact manipulation of spherical objects in three dimensions using air flow, and demonstrate...