Vision & Control
Strategic Research Programme
Welcome to the Vision & Control SRP.
Introduction
Vision can be defined as a faculty of sight, or the act or power of sensing with the eyes. When used in the engineering context, is usually associated with the development of systems or process that are capable of understanding images and those used to extract information from the images. The ultimate aims are to allow such systems to make decisions base on the information in the images and perform specific tasks autonomously or with minimal human interactions.
Perception and action are two important components in any autonomous system. It is well known that feedback control systems are better than open-loop systems in terms of robustness, accuracy, adaptation and autonomy. Our ultimate goal is to develop systems that will be able to assist people in their daily activities and enhance their life. These could be robots or other devices used in factories, shops, hotels, streets and even homes. These could also be medical equipment and systems used to improve the outcome of surgeries and other medical interventions.
Objective
Development of systems characterised by the synergetic integration of:
- Perception -- the capability to understand received signals
- Decision -- the determination of action to be performed
- Actuation -- the performance of the action
Contact
Dear colleagues, if you are working in this area, and would like your project to be included in this SRP, please feel free to contact me.
For more information or if you have any comments, please contact:
A/P Teo Ming Yeong
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
50 Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639798
Tel: (65) 6790 7707
Fax: (65) 6791 1859 (International), 6792 4062 (Local)
Email: mmyteo@ntu.edu.sg
