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Impact of Neuroscience in Robotic Vision Localization and Navigation

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One important reason to examine the mechanisms of how we see is for the advancement of technology. Robotics as a field has a distinct appeal because its goal is to build fully functioning intelligent systems that can operate robustly in the real world.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant numbers CCF-1317433 and CNS-1545089), the Army Research Office (W911NF-12-1-0433), and the Office of Naval Research (N00014-13-1-0563). The authors affirm that the views expressed herein are solely their own, and do not represent the views of the United States government or any agency thereof.

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Siagian, C., Itti, L. (2017). Impact of Neuroscience in Robotic Vision Localization and Navigation. In: Zhao, Q. (eds) Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision. Cognitive Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0213-7_11

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