A small-sized panoramic scanning visual sensor inspired by the fly's compound eye

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 1641-1646

  Hoshino, K ^a   Mura, F ^a   Morii, H ^a   Suematsu, K ^a   Shimoyama, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION TESTING; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROBOTICS; SCANNING; VISION; ACTUATORS; MICROOPTICS; PHOTODIODES;

DETECTING CIRCUIT; FUNCTIONAL TESTING; HORIZONTAL ARRAYS; HYBRID INTEGRATION; MICRO-MECHANICAL; PHOTODIODE ARRAYS; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; VISUAL-PROCESSING;

ALDEHYDES; OPTICAL SENSORS;

PHOTORECEPTORS; SMALL SIZED PANORAMIC SCANNING VISUAL SENSORS;

EID: 0031629216     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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