A Miniature Retina-based AGV called VAMPIRE

@inproceedings{cnnb_camp95,
    author  = "Carnapete, L. and Nguyen, P.E. and Nguyen, R.G. and Bernard, T.M.",
    title   = "A Miniature Retina-based {AGV} called {VAMPIRE}",
  booktitle = "Proc. Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception",
  publisher = "IEEE Computer Society Press",
    editor  = "Cantoni, V. and others",
    address = "Como, Italy",
    pages   = "29-33",
    month   = sep,
    year    = 1995
}

Abstract
From a robot vision point of view, none of the individual visual operators presented in this paper features much originality. However they all make up a complete perceptual task, allowing a miniature vehicle to follow a specific textured target. Further more, most of them are performed inside a programmable artificial retina that fits, together with its controller, within a few cm3 and make the vehicle a miniature autonomous one. After a presentation of the scientific motivations, we describe the whole process and its implementation and we take the opportunity, through the elementary steps, to illustrate the generic issues of such retina-based vision systems.

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