[visionlist] Heterogeneous 3D Perception across Visual Fragments

[Silvio Sabatini]

For everyone interested in the cognitive aspects of active 3D 
perception, their neural correlates, and their implication for humanoid 
robotics, I am pleased to point out a link to the project EYESHOTS 
“Heterogeneous 3D Perception across Visual Fragments” that recently 
ended its first year:

http://www.eyeshots.it/

EYESHOTS is a three-year project funded by European Commission through 
its Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics Unit (E5) under the Seventh 
Framework Programme (2007-2013). The consortium is composed of 7 
research units of 5 research centers, which provide different expertise 
ranging from robotics, computer vision, neuroscience and experimental 
psychology:

University of Genoa, Italy (coordinator)
Westfälische Wilhems-University Münster, Germany
University of Bologna, Italy
University Jaume I, Castellòn, Spain
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

In general, there is a growing attention for moving the active vision 
perspective from systems in which just the effects of action influence 
the perception, to systems where the acting itself, and even its 
planning, operate in parallel with perception, thus really closing the 
loops and taking full advantage of a concurrent/anticipatory 
perception-action processing.
 From this perspective, recent progress in vision research, computer 
vision, robotics and experimental psychology closely relates to 
sensorimotor paradigms at different levels of integration, specifically 
suggesting advantages of a mutual calibration of the vision and the arm 
systems.
 From this perspective, EYESHOTS aims to develop a system capable of 
“mastering” the 3D space at a reaching distance, by gaining a perceptual 
visuospatial awareness in head-centered coordinates for visually guided 
actions in the peripersonal. The underling assumption is that a complete 
and operative cognition of visual space can be achieved only through 
active exploration of it: the natural effectors of this cognition are 
the eyes and the arms.
The cognitive valence of an “early” perception-action embodiment in the 
visual system is specifically investigated.

Contacts from similar projects, research programmes, as well as 
individual research activities are welcome for exchange of knowledge and 
specific synergies.

Silvio Sabatini, University of Genoa – Department of Biophysical and 
Electronic Engineering

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