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AI for Robotics: Toward Embodied and General Intelligence in the Physical World
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AI for Robotics: Toward Embodied and General Intelligence in the Physical World

by Alishba Imran, Keerthana Gopalakrishnan
May 2025
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
9h 46m
English
Apress
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A. Imran, K. GopalakrishnanAI for Roboticshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0989-7_2

2. Robot Perception: Sensors and Image Processing

Alishba Imran1   and Keerthana Gopalakrishnan1
(1)
San Francisco, CA, USA
 

Humans use five senses to perceive the environment and various cognitive pathways to process this input. This conglomeration of senses, pathways, and the brain forms our perception system, which allows us to detect movement around us, recognize a friend’s face, and detect a familiar scent. Similarly, robots need to be aware of and understand what is around them to function in the real world. Perception systems enable robots to accomplish two objectives: ...

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