Geometric Techniques for Humanoid Perception

In this article, we propose a conformal model for 3D visual perception. In our model, the two views are fused in an extended 3D horopter model. For visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), an extended Kalman filter (EKF) technique is used for 3D reconstruction and determination of the robot head pose. In addition, the Viola and Jones machine-learning technique is applied to improve the robot relocalization. The 3D horopter, the EKF-based SLAM, and the Viola and Jones machine-learning technique are key elements for building a strong real-time perception system for robot humanoids. A variety of interesting experiments show the efficiency of our system for humanoid robot vision.