In the past decade there has been a significant increase in the use of omni-directional video — video that captures information in all directions. The bulk of this research has concentrated on the use of omni-directional video for navigation and for obstacle avoidance. This paper reviews omni-directional research at the VAST lab that address other applications; in particular, we review advances...

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have secured a role in many emerging applications spanning environmental, ecological, industrial, and commercial domains in which data are periodically sourced from sensors and used in monitoring and control. The ubiquity of network-based video streaming, largely in the form of monitoring equipment installed in administrative domains (cities, campuses, offices, h...

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have been widely applied for reconnaissance and surveillance by exploiting the information collected from the digital imaging payload. However, the analysis of real surveillance video is limited from time to time because of the constraints of imaging equipment, winds buffeting the vehicle, less than ideal atmospheric conditions, etc. As a consequence, the sup...

Nowadays IT and telecom worlds and specifically all network, service, and content providers show special interest in multiservice delivery. The concurrent provision of video or TV content, voice, and fast Internet via the same network and user equipment, known as ‘‘triple play service’’, constitutes one of the major concerns in modern telecommunications due to the latest developments in the are...

Ad hoc networks are multi-hop wireless networks without a pre-installed infrastructure. Such networks are widely used in military applications and in emergency situations as they permit the establishment of a communication network at very short notice with a very low cost. Video is very sensitive for packet loss and wireless ad-hoc networks are error prone due to node mobility and weak links. H...

During a typical excavation operation, there is a high risk of inadvertently damaging the existing subsurface utilities. Such incidents cause significant financial loss to the project and can delay or abruptly halt ongoing construction. In many cases, they also pose a life threat and often result in accidental deaths. As a result, constructors are required to protect utility systems during exca...

98 Abstract—– Development of remote laboratories has been a growing engineering field over the past two decades. Both theory and lab sessions are important for online education or distance education. The scope of the project is to control a robotic arm in the remote laboratory to work with actual instrument. Robotic arm is constructed with acrylic sheet. Lab VIEW control panels are designed for...

Neurophysiological studies in awake, behaving primates (both human and non-human) have focused with increasing scrutiny on the temporal relationship between neural signals and behaviors. Consequently, laboratories are often faced with the problem of developing experimental equipment that can support data recording with high temporal precision and also be flexible enough to accommodate a wide va...