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Enhancing 3d Visual Odometry With Single-Camera Stereo Omnidirectional Systems, Carlos A. Jaramillo
Enhancing 3d Visual Odometry With Single-Camera Stereo Omnidirectional Systems, Carlos A. Jaramillo
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We explore low-cost solutions for efficiently improving the 3D pose estimation problem of a single camera moving in an unfamiliar environment. The visual odometry (VO) task -- as it is called when using computer vision to estimate egomotion -- is of particular interest to mobile robots as well as humans with visual impairments. The payload capacity of small robots like micro-aerial vehicles (drones) requires the use of portable perception equipment, which is constrained by size, weight, energy consumption, and processing power. Using a single camera as the passive sensor for the VO task satisfies these requirements, and it motivates the …
Quantitative Behavior Tracking Of Xenopus Laevis Tadpoles For Neurobiology Research, Alexander Hansen Hamme
Quantitative Behavior Tracking Of Xenopus Laevis Tadpoles For Neurobiology Research, Alexander Hansen Hamme
Senior Projects Fall 2018
Xenopus laevis tadpoles are a useful animal model for neurobiology research because they provide a means to study the development of the brain in a species that is both physiologically well-understood and logistically easy to maintain in the laboratory. For behavioral studies, however, their individual and social swimming patterns represent a largely untapped trove of data, due to the lack of a computational tool that can accurately track multiple tadpoles at once in video feeds. This paper presents a system that was developed to accomplish this task, which can reliably track up to six tadpoles in a controlled environment, thereby …