Archive for December 7th, 2006

Stereoscopic Vision by Bob Mottram

Thursday, December 7th, 2006
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If Robotic vision is your thing then a name you need to know is Bob Mottram. Bob has been pioneering stereoscopic vision software for a long time now and is very generous with posting information about his work.

Sentience is a stereoscopic vision and mapping system for mobile robots. It was developed initially as part of the Rodney humanoid robot project, and has been refined over several years. The system uses cheap low resolution webcam technology to acquire images and calculate a depth map from them.

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Here are Bob’s websites:
Sentience Stereo Vision System

Rodney Project

Bob’s Main Homepage

The Streeb-Greebling Diaries

(Shameless Plug) For those who are interested in stereoscopic vision we suggest taking a look at the Stereo Vision Web cam Pan & Tilt unit we sell.

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Top Ten

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Top 10 Strangest Robots

Top 10 Coolest Robots

Techeblog has two fun lists to check out:
Top Ten Strangest Robots
Top Ten Coolest Robots