#object recognition

[informationatlas]

Dogs may ‘picture’ objects in their minds, similarly to people

Researchers used EEG testing to measure brain waves in dogs and found evidence suggesting that dogs can differentiate between words for different objects. The study indicates that dogs may have the ability to understand words and their corresponding objects, similar to how humans do. This research sheds light on canine cognition and language learning, showing that dogs may have some level of language comprehension. The study highlights the unique communication abilities of dogs and other animals, providing insight into the evolution of language.

[iceybot]

Mistook the ball of yarn in the first image for a melon god damn it

Started a new vest project this week ! Test swatch + bottom section ⛪🌿

[johngarrison1517]

Mobile Robotics: The Role of Color USB Cameras in Robotic ARM Vision Systems

Color USB cameras are becoming indispensable in the rapidly developing field of mobile robotics, especially for robotic ARM vision systems. Color USB cameras improve features like object recognition, navigation, and operational accuracy in robotic systems, which are increasingly used by businesses that depend on automation for efficiency and accuracy. This is relevant because intelligent robot-environment interaction is essential, and color USB cameras are a key component of contemporary robotic applications.

Enhancing Object Recognition with Color USB Cameras

Color USB cameras significantly improve the ability of robotic ARMs to recognize and differentiate between various objects. Unlike traditional monochrome cameras, these cameras capture a wide spectrum of colors, allowing robotic systems to identify objects based on color codes and visual characteristics. This is particularly beneficial in industries like manufacturing and logistics, where precise identification of items is crucial.

For example, in a warehouse setting, a robotic ARM equipped with a color USB camera can quickly identify products on a shelf based on their packaging colors. This capability minimizes errors and increases operational efficiency, leading to faster processing times and reduced labor costs.

Streamlining Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance

Another critical advantage of using color USB cameras in robotic ARM vision systems is their ability to aid in navigation and obstacle avoidance. These cameras provide real-time video feeds that help robots visualize their surroundings, allowing them to make informed decisions while moving through dynamic environments.

With color USB cameras, robotic ARMs can detect obstacles and navigate around them efficiently. For instance, in a factory floor scenario, the robotic ARM can analyze its path using visual cues from the color USB camera, adjusting its movements to avoid collisions with workers or equipment. This capability enhances safety and reliability in environments where human-robot interactions are common.

Facilitating Precision in Assembly Processes

Color USB cameras also play a vital role in enhancing the precision of assembly processes. By incorporating these cameras into robotic ARMs, manufacturers can achieve higher levels of accuracy in tasks such as component placement and quality inspection.

The color recognition capabilities of USB cameras allow robotic ARMs to align components with greater precision. For example, in electronic assembly, a robotic ARM can use a color USB camera to position microchips correctly on circuit boards. This ensures that all components are accurately placed, significantly reducing the risk of defects and improving overall product quality.

Improving Data Collection and Analysis

The integration of color USB cameras in robotic ARM systems also facilitates enhanced data collection and analysis. These cameras can capture high-resolution images and videos, providing valuable data that can be analyzed for process optimization.

By monitoring performance over time, manufacturers can identify trends and areas for improvement. For instance, analyzing the captured data can reveal inefficiencies in the assembly line or help develop better obstacle avoidance algorithms. This continuous feedback loop not only enhances productivity but also drives innovation in robotic technology.

Transforming Quality Control Processes

Incorporating color USB cameras into robotic ARM vision systems can revolutionize quality control processes. These cameras can inspect products for defects, ensuring that only high-quality items reach the market. The ability to detect variations in color and texture allows for more comprehensive quality assessments.

For example, a robotic ARM equipped with a color USB camera can identify scratches or blemishes on finished products, allowing for immediate removal from the production line. This proactive approach to quality control saves time and reduces costs associated with returns and customer complaints.

Explore More About Robotic Technology and Color USB Cameras

Understanding the function of color USB cameras in robotic ARM vision systems is becoming more and more crucial as the need for automation grows. These cameras are accelerating innovation in mobile robotics by improving object detection, navigation, precision, data collecting, and quality control.

Would you like additional information on how color USB cameras may improve your robotic systems? For more information about cutting-edge robotics technology and its uses in a range of industries, check out our other stuff!

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[zoyeleanor]

UVC Cameras in Action: Enhancing Object Recognition for Smarter Solutions

Accurate object recognition is essential in an era of automation and artificial intelligence. Many contemporary developments, such as smart surveillance systems and driverless cars, are built on object recognition technologies. The problem lies ahead, though: how can we be sure that machines can "see" well enough to make wise decisions? This is where UVC cameras come into play, transforming object recognition algorithms by providing high-quality, real-time images for more intelligent and accurate decisions.

The Problem: Inconsistent and Inaccurate Object Recognition

Traditional object recognition systems often suffer from image quality inconsistencies, especially in low light or fast-moving environments. These limitations can lead to inaccurate object identification, which is a serious problem for applications such as security systems, robotics, and even retail automation. A misidentification in a self-driving car, for example, could be catastrophic, while poor video quality in retail might lead to lost inventory or inefficient stock monitoring.

To tackle these problems, companies need a camera that provides both superior clarity and seamless integration with object recognition software. That’s where the UVC camera makes a significant impact.

Why UVC Cameras Are the Solution

UVC cameras, or USB Video Class cameras, offer a streamlined, plug-and-play solution to these challenges. Their ability to operate across different platforms without needing proprietary drivers makes them easy to integrate into AI systems, robotics, and smart devices.

Here’s how UVC cameras enhance object recognition:

High-Definition Video Quality: UVC cameras deliver crystal-clear images, even in low-light conditions. This is crucial for object recognition, where clarity of images determines the accuracy of the identification process. With UVC cameras, systems can detect subtle differences in objects, such as slight variations in color, shape, or size.

Real-Time Data Processing: In fast-paced environments like manufacturing or autonomous driving, speed is critical. UVC cameras are designed to transmit high-quality video in real-time, enabling systems to process data instantaneously. This reduces the lag time between visual recognition and decision-making, improving overall system performance.

Versatility and Flexibility: Whether it’s a facial recognition system at a security checkpoint or a self-checkout kiosk identifying products, UVC cameras can be easily integrated into a wide range of applications. Their versatility allows them to be used across different industries, from healthcare to retail, without complicated configurations.

Case Study: UVC Cameras in Smart Surveillance

A recent case study highlights the transformative impact of UVC cameras in smart surveillance. In a citywide deployment, a UVC camera-based system was installed to enhance the accuracy of object recognition in high-traffic areas. The traditional CCTV cameras in place often struggled with poor lighting conditions and fast-moving objects, leading to misidentification and inefficient monitoring.

After upgrading to UVC cameras, the system saw a marked improvement in object detection accuracy, even during night hours and high-speed events. This upgrade reduced false alarms by 30% and improved response times for security teams, ultimately creating a safer and more efficient urban environment.

The Future of Object Recognition with UVC Cameras

As object recognition technology continues to evolve, UVC cameras will remain at the forefront of this revolution. Their ability to provide reliable, high-definition imagery in real-time is critical for the future of industries like transportation, retail, and security.

Companies that invest in UVC camera technology are equipping themselves with the tools needed for smarter, more accurate object recognition solutions. The future is clear—with UVC cameras leading the way.

[jcmarchi]

Challenge: NSIN and xTech Present: Good Vibrations - Technology Org

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Challenge: NSIN and xTech Present: Good Vibrations - Technology Org

The U.S. Army seeks novel, robust algorithms to determine whether vehicles pose a threat using inexpensive terrestrial ground sensors for surveillance and reconnaissance of the battlefield.

With advancements in signal processing and autonomy, Army modernization efforts need to advance the terrestrial sensing layer to serve as a complementary, persistent observation channel to the aerial and space layers.

This challenge focuses on developing the core capabilities of acoustic and seismic sensing for target discrimination techniques.

“Develop core (acoustic and seismic) multi-modal sensing algorithms and sensor fusion that reveal common and unique attributes for target classification of ground vehicles.”

The Good Vibrations challenge is seeking novel techniques to extract acoustic and seismic features that are unique to various categories and classes of ground vehicles using real-time, power-efficient algorithms.

The goal is to extract features technically relevant to target classification. Data signatures from resource-constrained acoustic and seismic sensing modalities will be provided as Government Furnished Information (GFI) to the semi-finalist applicants to extract target features and determine target geometry, kinematics, and category / class. 

A scoring mechanism will be used to assess the viability and performance of the proposed and delivered algorithms based on criteria defined herein.

Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 06:59 am EET Jan 4, 2024,

Source: Challenge.gov

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[hsmagazine254]

The Future of Augmented Reality: Unveiling a New Digital Frontier

Exploring the Boundless Possibilities of AR Technology In recent years, Augmented Reality (AR) has emerged as a revolutionary technology, transforming the way we interact with the digital world. By overlaying virtual elements onto the real environment, AR offers a unique and immersive user experience. In this article, we will delve into the captivating realm of Augmented Reality, unveiling its…

[rocketbirdie]

current mental situation

[deoidesign]

For my birthday... read my webcomic! It's literally free! (Unless you want books. Those are not free)

It's beautiful, it's gentle, it's funny, they're canonically t4t and gay... And it's about time traveling vampires solving supernatural mysteries!

I've spent thousands of hours writing and drawing it, and it's really good! I'm not biased!

It's on hiatus right now and coming back in 2 months, so it's the perfect time to get caught up

[ruushes]

dialog between early game davrin and lucanis is fun to write bc it keeps devolving into a deeply hypocritical game of ‘my death cult is better than your death cult’

[lord-squiggletits]

Honestly it annoys me that pride, ambition, and generally having a big ego are always villainous/evil-coded personality traits because personally I think if you genuinely are a prodigy at what you do you are 100% within your rights, perhaps even deserving, of flaunting your skills and being proud of the fact you can do something that only a small fraction of other people can do. Is it even ego at that point if you genuinely are as good at your field/skill as you say you are? Are people not aware that becoming a prodigy at something is something that takes lifelong sacrifice and practice sometimes to the point of giving up on having a normal life, relationships, etc even potentially destroying your own health???? God I fucking hate how pride in your own skills and ambition are so villain coded all the time. As if it's evil to want to be good at something and be recognized for what you rightfully earned

[informationatlas]

Blinking has been shown to actually boost vision, rather than impair it as previously thought. Research has found that blinking increases the power of retinal stimulation, enhances visibility, and helps reformat visual information. Despite the brief blackouts in vision that occur during blinking, neural activity rebounds to a higher level afterward, improving vision. This new study suggests that blinking is useful for more than just lubricating the eyes, and plays a crucial role in enhancing visual perception.

(via Blinking Actually Boosts Your Vision, And We Never Even Noticed : ScienceAlert)

[neroniiii]

Hiruhiko's relationship to masculinity... It's interesting, yeah. I came to the conclusion that a lot of fandom dudebros tend to hate him because his design and story go against the masculine ideal of stoicism and strength, but that's not to say that he doesn't engage with it at all. He emulates his father figure to some degree- taking on the demeanor of somebody who can afford to be vaguely detached from whatever situation they're in. The system failed him- he lived in poverty without suitable guardians for quite some time- thus he perceives the world as having rejected him. This enabled him to be groomed into a sphere that encourages violence and the treatment of other people as tools or obstacles, for the sake of himself who also acts as a tool for them. His relationships are built off the emotional wall he puts up in response to his isolation- which he then goes on to put the whole weight of onto a single person that by an arbitrary standard he claimed as his own. And underneath all those feelings built up over the course of 15 years has him determined to die on his own terms, if not by Chihiro's hand then his own.

Basically he's in the pitfall that a lot of males tend to find themselves in when trying to reach the masculine ideal. And he is very obviously unhappy with it, and you can tell that he would still be unhappy even if he did reach that ideal because all his wants lie within the realm of genuine connections that he simply is not able to have while trying to reach it. His attempts to make himself into the perfect man for Chihiro are actively inhibiting his ability to have Chihiro truly understand him and the weight being placed onto him. Funnily enough it's these same attempts for the ideal that turn him into a failure at it in a dudebro's eyes. Him being suicidal and "crying like a bitch" is a direct result of holding all his weakness in for the sake of projecting the image of something strong and self sufficient for the world to digest rather than himself.

I can't really say for sure whether the meta-commentary is intentional or not but like.. It's keeping me up at night for sure.

[good-beanswrites]

You want to write creepy Mahiru? I shall enable you ^_^

Hehe thank you for all your enabling 😌✨This was super fun to think about – I started off with normal-au thoughts of her courting behaviours being thrown under suspicious lighting (I don’t think she’s a stalker at all, but paired with the right character, her attention/involvement in their life can definitely come off as creepy). But I ended up going with a little scene between her and Yuno! They’re not officially a ship, but there is something budding between them when this takes place.

If Yuno knew that cooking dinner would have ended like this, she never would have agreed to Mahiru’s request for help. But how could she have known? Mahiru put on the roundest, most pleading eyes to match the lilting in her voice. She appeared genuinely in need and excited to teach Yuno this new recipe as promised. It was impossible to guess that such a sweet smile could ever have her cornered, knife in hand.

Yuno didn’t notice anything amiss when they started. Mahiru was overbearing with her instructions – chatting nonstop taking a very physical approach with her demonstrations – but that wasn’t anything new. In fact, the way her arms unnecessarily pressed against Yuno’s, guiding her to cut the vegetables under the pleasantly dim kitchen lights, was the very appeal of cooking together.

It was only when she pulled away, busying her hands with a precarious stack of pots and pans on the counter, that Yuno noticed something plaguing her.

“Is something on your mind?”

“O-oh! Well, I don’t want to be a bother.”

“I asked you! What’s up?”

Mahiru’s expression, which was reflected in a dozen funhouse mirror shapes from the tower of dishes, shifted. It was watchful, aware it was watched, but unable to be watched itself. It didn’t matter that Mahiru wore her heart on her sleeve, she knew better than to broadcast her more impolite thoughts on her face. It would have been an admirable trait if Yuno wasn’t so lost trying to read her.

“Do you… do you still love me?”

The question was sudden, but not the first of its kind. Yuno smiled. “Of course I do!”

“Oh, really?” She pouted her lip. “Then… why did you spend the night in Fuuta’s cell last week?”

“Eh? I told you that day at breakfast, I forgot the guilty cells lock, and I just got stuck after staying too long.” Her smile wavered with Mahiru’s uncharacteristic lack of one. “What does that have to do with anything?”

Her voice remained sullen. “I can understand if you didn’t want to be vulgar in front of the younger ones. You can tell me the truth.”

“That is the truth.”

Mahiru turned away from the dishes. Her brown eyes, which usually spilled with warmth, now pleaded with a superheated focus. 

“You won’t even come to stay with me in my cell, you keep saying it’s too soon – but you’ll spend all night with him? Is it something I did wrong? What is it? What did I do wrong?”

Caught up in the sudden panic, she surged forward to grab Yuno’s hands. With her gaze entirely distracted, she didn’t notice her apron get caught on one of the dishes until it yanked it from its place.

The motion brought down the whole tower – Yuno flinched at the grating sound of everything clattering to the ground. Mahiru wasn’t rattled in the slightest. She even smiled, a little ‘how silly of me’ expression that didn’t suit the massive mess at her feet. She released her hands and bent to clean up the dishes.

“Aw, come on.” Yuno muttered to herself, hoping to change the subject. “Are none of those lazybones coming to help?”

“Ah, sound doesn’t travel well from here. We could yell and scream in here and nobody would hear a thing!” Mahiru giggled.

Yuno found it difficult to join in her enthusiasm.

They moved on to the next step of the recipe in silence. Mahiru took out the meat to slice. Yuno put a few things in the pan on the stove and moved to the corner pantry to gather some of the final seasonings. She squinted at the labels in the dull lighting.

From behind her, Mahiru’s voice came out hushed.

“You know… I really hate cheaters.”

Yuno swallowed hard. “I know.” She decided to stay an extra moment by the shelves; no need to approach the woman who was currently choosing out a large knife. “Which is why I swear, nothing happened.”

“You think I’m stupid. I may not be very smart, but I’m not as airheaded as everybody thinks…”

“I don’t think that.”

“You do!”

Yuno spun around, expecting to see a rage paired with the sudden outcry. Instead, Mahiru had a desperate smile stretched across her lips. She stepped forward, blocking Yuno’s path. “But I can fix that! I can fix all of this!”

Maybe staying in the pantry hadn’t been a good idea.

“That’s what love is! I’ll make everything perfect, and you’ll never want to leave again~” She may have forgotten she still clutched the intimidating knife in her hand, but Yuno couldn’t think of anything else.

“I didn’t leave.” She was careful to keep her voice steady. However, she made the mistake of stepping back against the shelves.

Mahiru’s eyes darted around her, taking in every bit of body language. “You hate me. Oh, you hate me…” Her smile wobbled, tears rising to her eyes so that her expressions looked like they were fighting amongst themselves. “That’s okay! I can fix it… That’s right… Love can fix everything…”

Yuno’s breath caught in her throat as Mahiru lunged forward. 

The fact that she wrapped her in an embrace didn’t quell the adrenaline charging through her – the cool, solid metal of the blade was unmistakable through the material on the back of her uniform. Mahiru’s voice shook, whispering in Yuno’s ear. 

“Do you trust me…?”

Yuno’s mouth was too dry to answer. Her head spun. It felt like an eternity of waiting, anticipating whatever it was she would decide to do next, but it was likely only a few seconds before Mahiru gave a loud exhale, her tone dropping to something more casual.

“No, no, don’t answer that. It doesn’t matter.” She pulled back, her smile less forced. Tears now streaked her cheeks. “What matters is I trust you. That’s the important part of a relationship. I’m sorry for ever doubting you.”

“I-I…”

“I know. I know! Mahiru never should have doubted you!” She wiped the tears from her cheek with one hand, though it was the other that distracted Yuno. “Thank you~!”

Still at a loss for words, Yuno was grateful when the pan on the stove started to sizzle. Mahiru spun around, rushing over to stir it. “Oh! Can you cut that while I stir this?”

“Yeah.”

“Thank you for this talk, Yuno-chan.”

“Of course.” She picked up the knife where it had been placed gently down. She willed her hands to steady as she arranged the cutting board.

“I love you~”

“I love you too.”

[boag]

The Grammys are such a fucking joke like BYEEEE💀

[dewy-highway-median]

“When a dreamer can reconstruct the world from an object that he transforms magically through his care of it, we become convinced that everything in the life of a poet is germinal.

Then Rilke, on polishing his childhood piano: politeness tinged with mischief was my reaction to the friendliness of these objects, which seemed happy to be so well treated, so meticulously renovated. And even today, I must confess that, while everything about me grew brighter and the immense black surface of my work table, which dominated its surroundings…became newly aware, somehow, of the size of the room, reflecting it more and more clearly; pale gray and almost square…well, yes, I felt moved, as though something were happening, something, to tell the truth, which was not purely superficial but immense, and which touched my very soul…

There is also the courage of the writer who braves the kind of censorship that forbids ‘insignificant’ confidences. But what joy reading is, when we recognize the importance of these insignificant things, when we can add our own personal daydreams to the ‘insignificant’ recollections of the author! Then insignificance becomes the sign of extreme sensitivity to the intimate meanings that establish spiritual understanding between writer and reader.” —Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

[indefenseofmasochism]

hey chat (unites states) are we cooked