Robot Navigation using a Biomimetic Vision System Test 4

[xyperox]

Good. Hope that u guys had good progress since 2009. Regards from Serbia

[davepamn]

What is biomimetic vision?

[arixrobotics]

@davepamn A biomimetic system is basically a system that mimics / copies biology. So in this case, the vision system that is used has been developed by really studying how insect eyes work and then translate it into a software algorithm. Does that answer your question?

[davepamn]

How does the biomimetic system translate in terms of performance? How is depth determined?  Is depth a perception feedback input?

[arixrobotics]

@davepamn In theory, biomimetic systems are supposed to be highly efficient. Just look at how small a fly brain is, but that tiny thing can do extremely impressive flight maneuvers. But you'll need to do some googling if you want specific performance comparison.

[arixrobotics]

Depth is determined using 'optic flow'. A good explanation is on Centeye's website, centeye dot com (I cant post links here).

This company, centeye does research on biomimetic vision systems. Have a look.