COURSES

Goals

The goal of this course is to acquire basic knowledge of computer vision, especially robot vision. The students will become familiar with image processing methods and their application for the control of robotic systems. Students who will successfully complete this class will be able to independently select suitable image processing techniques for a given task and apply the acquired information for the control of robotic systems.

Curriculum

Robot vision is essentially a computational process whose goal is to interpret the observed scenes and events. Especially important for robot vision is the real-time processing of incoming images, which enables closed-loop control and timely decision making. This class will introduce the students to the following areas and methodologies: - fundamental techniques of computer vision (edge detection, segmentation, motion analysis, object recognition, localization and tracking); - visual surveying (position-based visual servo control, image-based visual servo control); - active vision and vision-based manipulation; - biological and humanoid vision (oculomotor behaviors, visual attention, humanoid heads).