Main Page
 |
|
Object recognition by using colour segmentation. Of course the algorithm has its limitations but it is very easy to implement (also available as 8.6 MByte DivX video or on Google Video). More...
|
MMVLWiki
This is the MediaWiki site of the Microsystem & Machine Vision Laboratory (MMVL) at Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK.
Our main research activities involve the design, development and implementation of machine vision techniques targeted at a variety of real-time and non real-time applications which include micro-robotic systems, biological applications, micro-manipulation, microscope imaging, SEM/TEM applications and non-destructive testing of MEMS devices.
| Past Projects | Present Projects | Free Software | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 MINIMAN |
 I-SWARM |
 Nanorobotics |
 GUARDIANS |
 Mimas
|
 MiCRoN |
 VIEW-FINDER |
 REPLICATOR |
 HornetsEye
| |
The MMVL has been working on a number of European and UK funded research projects, such as Miniman and Micron (also see past projects). Currently the MMVL is participating in I-SWARM, Nanorobotics, GUARDIANS, VIEW-FINDER and REPLICATOR (also see present projects). It is active in the area of medical image processing and autonomous mobile robots. The MMVL is also actively involved in consultancy for industry.
 Medical Image Processing |
 Autonomous Mobile Robots
|
 Micromanipulators |
 Robot Automation
|
If you are interested in a project with the MMVL or if you would like to have our consultancy, please contact us.
If you need assistance, please visit the help section.
http://vision.eng.shu.ac.uk/mmvlwiki/ is the short URL for this web page.
News
Article about the GUARDIANS project in Professional Engineering
3rd September 2008: Scanned article
about the Guardians robots in Professional Engineering - 03/09/08, Vol 21, Number 15, p.35.
IEEE Advances in Cybernetic Systems 2008
9-10 September 2008: This year's CIS is taking place at Middlesex University in London. Several current and former members of the MMVL are participating.
Presentation at OSCON2008
23 July 2008: The Ruby-extension HornetsEye is being presented at the OSCON 2008 conference. Here you can download the presentation slides (10 MByte PDF). More...
Presentation at ICIA2008
22 June 2008: The Ruby-extension HornetsEye was presented at the ICIA 2008 conference. The Lucas-Kanade tracker was used to demonstrate the current capabilities of the vision library. You can download the publication about a machine vision extension for the Ruby programming language (also see foils (2.1 MByte PDF)). More...
Interactive Presentation Software
12 June 2008: An interactive presentation software was developed to demonstrate the capabilities of the new release of the HornetsEye system. More...
Khepera III interface
23 May 2008: Carlos Raga Camilleri presented his project where he developed an interface for the popular Khepera III robot.
RANdom SAmple Consensus
15 May 2008: Sonia Fernández RodrÃguez presented her project about real-time 2-D rigid object-recognition with RANSAC. More...
Talk at BMVA meeting
14 May 2008: Bala Amavasai is going to give a talk about Machine Vision for macro, micro and nano robot environments at the BMVA meeting about Vision and Robotics. More...
EU FP7 project REPLICATOR has started
1 Mar 2008: The EU FP7 project REPLICATOR has started.
Modelling Research Centre Seminar
29 Feb 2008: The Nanorobotics project and the HornetsEye library were presented in the Modelling Research Centre Seminar "Machine vision and device integration with the Ruby Programming Language".
KMando now supports firewire digital cameras
7 Feb 2008: The interactive camera-projector system now has built-in support for firewire digital cameras. More...
Older News
Older news can be found in the news archive.
See Also
- Past Projects
- Present Projects
- Check out our current temperature record ;)
External Links
 |
 |
|
