Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory, Beckman Institute, UIUC

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VIII. PARALLEL PROCESSING AND ROBOTICS

      This work involves a
variety of ways aimed at improving the computational performance
of image computations. Efficient algorithms have been proposed
for a variety of image operations. A new, algorithm-driven,
multiprocessor architecture has been proposed that implements the
divide-and-conquer paradigm of computation. Methods have been
developed for efficient hardware layout of tree
structures.

              Projects: 

                  1. DSP Algorithms 
                
                  2. Efficient Algorithms and Architectures

      This work is in two parts:
the design of special purpose robots, and devising plans for
efficient robot motion.
VIII.1. A framework for path planning for
autonomous navigation, based on a potential field model of the
spatial occupancy by obstacles, has been presented.

            Projects:

                  1. Collision Detection

                  2. Path Planning

      VIII.2. Design of a
six-legged walking robot, developed in collaboration with
biologists. The number, geometry and functionality of the robot
legs are modeled after the cockroach. The robot uses a variety of
sensors, mimics biological locomotion control, and realizes
muscular action through a newly introduced pneumatic
mechanism.

            Projects:

                  1. Six-legged Robot Design