Intelligent plant inspection by using foveated active vision sensor
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Industrial inspection robots, which are to move around a nuclear power plant and carry out inspection tasks, must follow a given route while observing static and dynamic features of the environment. The vision system for such a robot needs to execute efficiently and mutually the tasks that are necessary for carrying out inspection reliably and flexibly while safely moving, and the following attributes are desirable: (1) for inspection, high-resolution images, (2) for obstacle-avoidance during motion a very wide field of view, and (3) to enable reaction to dynamic situations, real-time visual information feedback.
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