ONE EYE, TWO EYES… HOW MANY EYES?: NOTES AND REFLECTIONS ON VISION SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE ROBOTICS
This work was partially supported by ASI (Italian Space Agency) within the grants “Coordination of the cluster Robotic Vision” and “Hybrid Vision System for Long Range Rovering”, and by ENEA (National Institute for Alternative Energy) within the grant “Sensori Intelligenti”.
In this chapter we discuss some issues on mobile robot perception from the point of view of the structure of vision systems. Through some experiences and results from research projects we will approach the problem from the point of view of purposive vision, with particular regard to less conventional sensors and systems, such as omnidirectional and hybrid systems.