Videos that are tagged with: vision

• Computer Chronicles: Artificial Intelligence (1986).
  What is Artificial Intelligence? Does AI even exist? These are just two of the questions addressed in this episode. Topics covered include expert systems, machine vision, decision support software, natural languageprocessing, and speech recognition systems. Hosted by Stuart Cheifet and Gary Kildall, with commentary from George Morrow. Guests: Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley; Gary Hendrix, Symantec; S. Jerrold Kaplan, Lotus Development; Harry Tennant, Texas Instruments; and Terry Winograd, Stanford University. January 2, 1986. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Computers and the Pentagon - Part One (1986).
  "The world's biggest computer user is the U.S. government and the military in particular. This program reviews the military uses of computer technology. Shot on location at various research centers around the country. Featured are the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Advanced Decision Systems in Mountain View, California. Demonstrations include the Pilot's Assistant and the Battlefield Commander's Assistant. Also flight and battle simulators from Singer Link." 1986. (more)
• Computer Chronicles: Neural Networks.
  "Neural networks are artificial intelligence systems modeled after the human brain. This program looks at several examples and applications. Included are Braincel 1.1 from Promised Land Technologies [demonstrated by Murray Ruggiero], BrainMaker Professional 2.0 from California Scientific Software [demonstrated by Mark Lawrence], MacBrain 3.0 from Neurix [demonstrated by Matt Jensen], NeuroSMARTS from Cognition Technology [demonstrated by Richard Mansfield], and ExploreNet from HNC. Also includes visits to NASA [Max Reid describes HONN: Higher Order Neural Network] and Intel [Mark Holler describes ETANN: Electronically Trainable Analog Neural Network] to see the work they're doing on neural networks." Also appearing on the show is Tom J. Schwartz (The Schwartz Assoc.). Hosted by Stewart Cheifet and Jan Lewis. May 15, 1991. (more)
• DARPA LAGR Program: Learning Applied to Long-Range Vision using a Collision-Free Navigation Platform.
  New York University uses machine learning to extend the vision of the DARPA LAGR robots. July 14, 2008. (more)
• Discussion of and Demonstrations of Learning Programs for Robots.
  The first half of the film is a lecture by Marvin Minsky describing the basic ideas of Patrick Winston's learning program, using examples and "near misses" to refine the program's model of what an "arch" is. The second half of the film is a narration by Dave Waltz describing other robotics research at MIT. He discusses Tim Finin's program that uses Winston-like models to recognize objects that match the model even when parts of the object are obscured. It uses hypotheses about dimensions of the objects that it can not directly observe. 1975??. (more)
• NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Video Gallery: Rover Navigation 101 - Autonomous Rover Navigation animation.
  Simple explanation of Mars Exploration Rovers' autonomous driving software. January 13, 2004. (more)
• Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda: "Almost Human" segment from the "Robots Alive!" broadcast.
  Rodney Brooks is beginning to build the first robot with human-like senses, allowing it to learn about the world for itself, like a human baby. April 9, 1997. (more)
• Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda: "Look, No Hands!" segment from the "Robots Alive!" broadcast.
  Computer engineers are developing autonomous cars that can follow the highway and avoid obstacles without human intervention. April 9, 2007. (more)
• Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda: "Mazes and Squiggles" segment from the "Robots Alive!" broadcast.
  The world’s best robots compete to navigate mazes and chase after tennis balls, to test out the latest artificial intelligence programs. April 9, 1997. (more)
• Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda: "World Cup for Robots" segment from the "Games Machines Play" broadcast.
  Teams of robots programmed for soccer go head-to-head in RoboCup 2001. May 21, 2001. (more)
• Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda: Cars That Think.
  3 segments: Part 1 - Watch the Road. Alan rides in a vehicle that recognizes road signs and hazards – and warns the driver to slow down. Part 2 - Hold the Phone! Alan 'drives' the Ford VIRTTEX simulator that researchers use to investigate how distractions like cell phone calls or drowsiness affect driver safety. Part 3 - Smart Passenger. A virtual smart passenger named Sally listens in to the driver's speech at all times and responds appropriately. January 26, 2005. (more)
• Searching with an Autononmous Robot.
  We discuss online strategies for visibility-based searching for an object hidden behind a corner, using Kurt3D, a real autonomous mobile robot. This task is closely related to a number of well-studied problems. Our robot uses a three-dimensional laser scanner in a stop, scan, plan, go fashion for building a virtual three-dimensional environment. Besides planning trajectories and avoiding obstacles, Kurt3D is capable of identifying objects like a chair. We derive a practically useful and asymptotically optimal strategy that guarantees a competitive ratio of 2, which differs remarkably from the well-studied scenario without the need of stopping for surveying the environment. Our strategy is used by Kurt3D.. June 11, 2004. (more)
• The Painting Fool.
  Simon Colton lecture on The Painting Fool. Winner of the 2007 Machine Intelligence Competition. December 11, 2007. (more)
• Visual Elements in Robotics: excerpt from "AI: What Can it Do? Where is it Going?".
  Excerpt from lecture by Herbert A. Simon. March 21, 1990. (more)
• Wired Science: Face Reader.
  "Ziya Tong meets children with Asperger’s Syndrome testing a new MIT Media Lab device that reads facial expressions." In the course of the report she discusses the project with several individuals including Rana el Kaliouby Ph.D. (Mindreader Software Developer, MIT)); Alea Teeters (MIT Affective Computing Group), and Rosalind Picard, Ph.D. (Director, MIT Affective Computing Group). October 3, 2007. (more)