UK blocks China from licensing Manchester Uni's robot vision tech
[PDF] the deal was sunk becuase"there is potential that the technology could be used to build defence or technological capabilities which may present national security risk to the United Kingdom."
The Manchester Uni boffins behind the tech say it uses a chip programmed to pre-process images as to pass only important information upstream for vision tracking algorithms. It also measures “time of flight” data in each pixel, allowing the feature distance to be combined with image plane data, thus speeding up real time estimation and mapping.
Furthermore, it allows bidirectional flow of information form sensor to motor control. Traditionally, only information has passed only in one direction – from sensor to motor. “A key component of the project will therefore be the management and control of information across all three layers: sensing, visual perception and control. Information share will occur at multiple rates and may either be scheduled or requested. Shared information and distributed computation will provide a breakthrough in control capabilities for highly agile robotic systems,” wrote the authors.
The developers reckon any application currently limited by tracking capabilities would benefit and there would be a ”step change” in vison-based control of UAVs with benefits ranging from medical robotics to industrial production. Suggested potential use included toys and consumer goods, but also both civilian and military applications, particularly in reconnaissance or search and rescue efforts.
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