Why a Robot is Better with One Eye Than Two

by Celeste Biever New Scientist, 17 Dec 2005 Most robots are horribly short-sighted. Beyond a few metres, everything in their field of vision merges into the background, so that instead of steering a smooth path through the landscape they bumble around from one obstacle to the next. Now a type of vision system has been developed to make robots more agile. And unlike conventional robot vision systems, it works with just one cheap camera instead of two. Read more