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The purpose of this chapter is to describe how different visual routines can be developed and embedded in the AnaFocus’ Eye-RIS Vision System on Chip (VSoC) to close the perception to action loop within the roving robots developed for the testing of the insect brain models. The Eye-RIS VSoC employs a bio-inspired architecture where image acquisition and processing are intermingled and the processing itself is carried out in two steps. At the first step, processing is fully parallel owing to the concourse of dedicated circuit structures which are integrated close to the sensors. At the second step, processing is realized on digitally-coded information data by means of digital processors. The Eye-RIS VSoC systems provide with image-processing capabilities and speed comparable to high-end conventional vision systems without the need for high-density image memory and intensive digital processing. Current perceptual schemes are often based on information derived from visual routines. Since real world images are quite complex to be processed for perceptual needs with traditional approaches, more computationally feasible algorithms are required to extract the desired features from the scene in real time, to efficiently proceed with the consequent action. In this chapter the development of such algorithms and their implementation taking full advantage of the sensing-processing capabilities of the Eye-RIS VSoC are described.
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Caballero-Garcia, D.J., Jimenez-Marrufo, A. (2014). Visual Routines for Cognitive Systems on the Eye-RIS Platform. In: Arena, P., Patanè, L. (eds) Spatial Temporal Patterns for Action-Oriented Perception in Roving Robots II. Cognitive Systems Monographs, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02362-5_9
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