The design of a robot head, Neuto, for active computer vision tasks is described. The head/eye platform uses a common elevation configuration and has four degrees-of-freedom. All joints are driven by dc servo motors coupled with incremental optical encoders and minimum backlash gear-boxes. Details of the mechanical design, head controller design, architecture of the active vision system, and the performance of the head are presented.

Date Published: 11 March 1993
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 1964, Applications of Artificial Intelligence 1993: Machine Vision and Robotics, (11 March 1993); doi: 10.1117/12.141760

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1964:
Applications of Artificial Intelligence 1993: Machine Vision and Robotics
Kim L. Boyer; Louise Stark, Editor(s)