How to teach smart computers to see and understand their surroundings

Share:

About the research

Steven Puttemans (KU Leuven) trains computers so that they learn to see and understand their surroundings. For example, he worked on a strawberry picking robot, that is able to distinguish ripe from unripe strawberries. He explains how this works in this video.

Robotics
Link school
KU Leuven
Steven Puttemans
KU Leuven

Steven Puttemans works as a post-doctoral researcher in computer vision and artificial intelligence at the KU Leuven. Within the EAVISE research group, he focuses on translating state-of-the-art 2D and 3D object detection algorithms into useful and robust solutions for industrial challenges. In his research, he tries to keep the manual input of data as low as possible in order to obtain a fully automatic self-learning system.

Contact Steven

http://stevenputtemans.github.io/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven_Puttemans
https://twitter.com/StevenPuttemans
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenputtemans/

Gerelateerde video's

Louis
Bagot
imec
UAntwerpen

AI's can also learn from artificial curiosity
In us, humans, curiosity is a driving force for learning. But did you know that AI can also benefit from curiosity, that is, 'artificial curiosity'? Computer scientist Louis Bagot (Imec - UAntwerp) explains how this works and why it is a good idea to tell AI & robots to experiment and have fun. 
Read more
Robin
Amsters

LED lights: The lighthouses of the future?
GPS is a wonderful technology. Unfortunately, it is of no use in large buildings, such as hospitals and airports, because concrete blocks GPS signals. But Robin Amsters (KU Leuven - FWO) is working on a solution. He explains how lightning-fast flickering LED lights will guide us and our robots indoors in the future.
Read more
Shirley
Elprama
imec
VUB

Will an exoskeleton give me superpower?

Industrial exoskeletons can support factory and construction workers in their heavy daily tasks and prevent back pain and other work-related injuries. So why exoskeletons not yet widely used in companies? That's what Shirley Elprama (Imec - VUB) is researching: she talks to companies and informs exoskeleton-designers so that they can build better exoskeletons in the future. 
Read more
All videos