New algorithm aids in both robot navigation and scene understanding

April 07, 2014

Suppose you're trying to navigate an unfamiliar section of a big city, and you're using a particular cluster of skyscrapers as a reference point. Traffic and one-way streets force you to take some odd turns, and for a while you lose sight of your landmarks. When they reappear, in order to use them for navigation, you have to be able to identify them as the same buildings you were tracking before -- as well as your orientation relative to them. A new algorithm for determining the orientation of objects could aid robots in navigation, scene understanding.

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