voula@utcsri.UUCP (Voula Vanneli) (02/20/85)
University of Toronto
Department of Computer Science
(SF = Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SEMINAR - Tuesday, February 26, 3
p.m., SF 1105
Roger Browse
Queen's University
"Steps towards Robotic Perception"
Abstract
The realization of adaptable and intelligent robots will
require the development of sophisticated perceptual systems.
The context of robotics introduces new issues of the selec-
tion of scene locations for the application of the computa-
tionally intensive method of three dimensional vision. The
stringent demands of robotics also necessitate the develop-
ment of tactile/kinesthetic perception in a form which may
be integrated with vision. Robotic perception must be
viewed as an active process in which the plans to obtain the
knowledge necessary to understand the workspace are incor-
porated into the plans for task accomplishment.
In this seminar I will outline the research underway at
Queen's in response to these needs, including experimenta-
tion in human and machine and tactile/kinesthetic perception
and the computation approach to intersensory integration and
selection of processing locations.