Robust analog VLSI motion sensor based on the visual system of the fly

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-224

  Harrison, Reid R ^a   Koch, Christof ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING; OPTICAL FLOWS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

MOTION SENSORS; OPTOMOTOR SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0033358370     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008916202887     Document Type: Article

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