| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K80938/01 |
| Title: |
AUTOMATED AQUISITION OF MODELS OF ARTICULATED OBJECTS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Fisher, Professor R |
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Sch of Informatics |
| Organisation: |
University of Edinburgh |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 1996 |
Ends: |
30 June 1999 |
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169,353
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Range data has made it possible to acquire shape models of rigid parts for analysis, inspection and entry into CAD design systems, and research on automatically acquiring models of rigid parts is progressing well. Fusing multiple views generally assumes that the part does not change its shape between views, so that feature registration is simplified, and the assumption of rigid geometry provides a common reference frame into which all features can be placed. The next class of objects that ought to be investigated is the class of objects that are articulated, but have rigid subcomponents, such as robot arms or teleoperation manipulators. This project proposes to investigate methods for identifying rigid subcomponents as parts of objects and then constructing articulated representations of the full objects in terms of the identified subcomponents. The main initial application of this research is the generation of models suitable for the realistic video imagery, which are then usable for simulation and presentation of teleoperation (e.g. through modelling of robot or teleoperated manipulators) and virtual reality (whether for entertainment, architectural analysis, human-factors analysis) applications.
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