Visual Perception for Manipulation and Imitation in Humanoid Robots

• Main Author: Azad, Pedram. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Cognitive Systems Monographs, 4
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer vision.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Computational Intelligence.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04229-4

The development of humanoid robots is one of the most challenging research fields within robotics. One of the crucial capabilities of such a humanoid is the ability to visually perceive its environment. The present monograph deals with visual perception for the intended applications manipulation and...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• State of the Art in Object Recognition and Pose Estimation
• State of the Art in Human Motion Capture
• Fundamentals of Image Processing
• Guiding Principles
• Stereo-based Object Recognition and Pose Estimation System
• Stereo-based Markerless Human Motion Capture System
• Software and Interfaces
• Evaluation
• Conclusion.