Computer Vision

 This is a technology of AI with which the robots can see. The computer vision plays vital role in the domains of safety, security, health, access, and entertainment.

Computer vision automatically extracts, analyzes, and comprehends useful information from a single image or an array of images. This process involves development of algorithms to accomplish automatic visual comprehension.

Hardware of Computer Vision System

This involves −

  • Power supply
  • Image acquisition device such as camera
  • A processor
  • A software
  • A display device for monitoring the system
  • Accessories such as camera stands, cables, and connectors

Tasks of Computer Vision

  • OCR − In the domain of computers, Optical Character Reader, a software to convert scanned documents into editable text, which accompanies a scanner.

  • Face Detection − Many state-of-the-art cameras come with this feature, which enables to read the face and take the picture of that perfect expression. It is used to let a user access the software on correct match.

  • Object Recognition − They are installed in supermarkets, cameras, high-end cars such as BMW, GM, and Volvo.

  • Estimating Position − It is estimating position of an object with respect to camera as in position of tumor in human’s body.

Application Domains of Computer Vision

  • Agriculture
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Biometrics
  • Character recognition
  • Forensics, security, and surveillance
  • Industrial quality inspection
  • Face recognition
  • Gesture analysis
  • Geoscience
  • Medical imagery
  • Pollution monitoring
  • Process control
  • Remote sensing
  • Robotics
  • Transport

Applications of Robotics

The robotics has been instrumental in the various domains such as −

  • Industries − Robots are used for handling material, cutting, welding, color coating, drilling, polishing, etc.

  • Military − Autonomous robots can reach inaccessible and hazardous zones during war. A robot named Daksh, developed by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), is in function to destroy life-threatening objects safely.

  • Medicine − The robots are capable of carrying out hundreds of clinical tests simultaneously, rehabilitating permanently disabled people, and performing complex surgeries such as brain tumors.

  • Exploration − The robot rock climbers used for space exploration, underwater drones used for ocean exploration are to name a few.

  • Entertainment − Disney’s engineers have created hundreds of robots for movie making.

We can make Robots as smart as a human by using a cloud brain. Helpful humanoid robots will be affordable for homes by 2025. This will be achieved by cloud-connected robots, where diverse models of robots share a brain hosted on a cloud platform. Your robot will have access to an ever-growing number of skills similar your smart phone’s access to apps today.

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