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Subject: 
Re: Robotic Vision (was: Video image analisys)
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:48:54 GMT
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James C. Jones <jonesj5@ocps.k12.fl.AVOIDSPAMus>
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Thanks for the info.  Now, the next question is:  what is the best solution
for a robotic camera?  Price/decent quality; weight, wireless, batteries,
etc?

Who has the best reasonably priced solution?

Great Topic!



> James:
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> > I have seen this program (NIH) at a workshop, and it was pretty incredible.
> > I checked on the PC version (Scion makes this) and it is very similar.  It
> > says that it can measure (distances?)  Could this be used as "vision" for a
> > robot?  Could this be used to "tell" a robot where it is?
> > 
> > Lots of questions, and fairly excited about the future!
> 
> 
>        Absolutely, something like NIH can be used either for determining
> where your robot is in the world (eg. with a fixed camera looking down at
> your robot), or telling where things are relative to your robot with a
> robot mounted camera.
> 
>        There are a number of important issues to address, like
> 
> 1) calibrating from Image Space which is usually in pixels, to world space,
> which has real world units, or robot space, which is a coordinate system
> attached to your robot.
> 2) figuring out what features can be measured reliably to give you useful
> measurements in a non-structured scene
> 3) addressing the issue of getting 3 dimensional measurements from an
> inherently 2 dimensional detector.
> 
>        There are many solutions to each of these problems and you can have
> a lot of fun exploring the possibilities.
> 
> --joel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Joel Katz, Principal Engineer  --- (603)-577-5895
> Acuity Imaging, 9 Townsend West, Nashua, NH 03063 --- (603)-577-5965 (FAX)
> visit our Web Site at     >>> www.acuityimaging.com <<<

James C. Jones
Liberty Middle School
3405 S. Chickasaw Trail
Orlando, FL  32829
Jonesj5@ocps.k12.fl.us
PH 407/249-6440 x280 (x425 voice mail)
FAX 407/249-6449



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