From Living Eyes to Seeing Machines - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198577850 ISBN 13: 9780198577850

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Anyone who has watched a kangaroo bounding rapidly through a dense forest, or seen a falcon swooping down to catch a field mouse knows that the animal kingdom has evolved fast, reliable, and precise visual systems. A fly evading a swat and executing a flawless landing on the rim of a teacup is the result of such a system. If animals are using clever short-cuts to vision and navigation, can they be exploited for other applications, such as robot design and novel algorithms? This book explores that possibility; the articles, written by scientists from evolutionary biology to computer science, are written with minimal technical jargon and invite a fresh approach to an area normally dominated by engineering methods.

About this title

About the Author:

Mandyam V. Srinivasan, Professor of Visual Sciences; Director of the Australian National University's Centre for Visual Science, Australian National University Research School of Biological Sciences. S. Venkatesh, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Curtin University of Technology.

Review:

`They have recruited a promising mix of authors, whose fields include animal behaviour, machine vision and artificial life. Most of the chapters are informative and thought-provoking, some are fascinating. ... a useful and original collection!'
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol.1, no.5, August 1997

`the scope of the book is sensibly limited ... And it succeeds, providing an accessible introduction to the field, and a salutary reminder of what can be achieved by "simple" visual systems.'
David H. Foster, Aston University, BMVA News Volume 8 Number 2

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0198577850
• ISBN 13: 9780198577850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Srinivasan Mandyam V., Venkatesh S.