AV-Shell, an Environment for Autonomous Robotic Applications Using Active Vision

Jeffrey A. Fayman, Ehud Rivlin, and Henrik I. Christensen.
AV-Shell, an Environment for Autonomous Robotic Applications Using Active Vision.
Auton. Robots, 6(1):21-38, 1999

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a system called the Active Vision Shell (AV-shell) which provides a programming framework for expressing and implementing autonomous robotic tasks using perception and action where perception is provided by active vision. The AV-shell is a system with a powerful interactive C-shell style interface providing many important capabilities including: (1) architectural support; (2) an abstract interface enabling interaction with a wide variety of devices; (3) a rich set of visual routines; and (4) a process composition framework. The utility of the AV-shell is demonstrated in several examples showing the relevance of the AV-shell to meaningful applications in autonomous robotics.

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@article{FaymanRC99a,
  title = {AV-Shell, an Environment for Autonomous Robotic Applications Using Active Vision},
  author = {Jeffrey A. Fayman and Ehud Rivlin and Henrik I. Christensen},
  year = {1999},
  journal = {Auton. Robots},
  volume = {6},
  number = {1},
  pages = {21-38},
  keywords = {active vision, autonomous robots, agent architecture, visual routines},
  abstract = {In this paper, we present a system called the Active Vision Shell (AV-shell) which provides a programming framework for expressing and implementing autonomous robotic tasks using perception and action where perception is provided by active vision. The AV-shell is a system with a powerful interactive C-shell style interface providing many important capabilities including: (1) architectural support; (2) an abstract interface enabling interaction with a wide variety of devices; (3) a rich set of visual routines; and (4) a process composition framework. The utility of the AV-shell is demonstrated in several examples showing the relevance of the AV-shell to meaningful applications in autonomous robotics.}
}