CS Seminar by Dr. Antoine André from CNRS, France and AIST, Japan (Monday, September 29, 1 PM)
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Dr. André will be giving a talk on “Omnidirectional Vision for Robotic Applications.”
Please find the seminar details below: Title: Omnidirectional vision for robotic applications Date & Time: Monday, September 29, 1 PM Venue: B105
Abstract
Omnidirectional cameras and their ability to capture a whole scene at a given viewpoint have become compact and affordable enough to be easily embedded on robotic platforms, hence allowing for new possible applications. Their wide field of view (up to 360 degrees) thus outperforming conventional cameras on tasks ranging from visual-SLAM, odometry, visual place recognition to visual servoing. However, these benefits come with challenges such as a high level of distorsions at the image borders and the need for accurate projection models and image representations. This talk will discuss these challenges and how it can unlock new capabilities in vision for robotics.
Speaker Bio
Antoine André currently holds a position of permanent researcher at the CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan since 2023 where he investigates computer vision using wide field of view cameras for robotic applications. He was a JSPS postdoctoral fellow at CNRS-AIST JRL from 2022 to 2023. Prior to that he obtained his PhD degree in 2021 from the University of Burgundy Franche-Comté in Besançon, France where he studied computer vision for microrobotic applications.