A biologically inspired visual system for an autonomous robot

We have implemented an artificial visual system that takes advantage of kno wn properties of biological systems to achieve segmentation and recognition of simple images. The use of biologically plausible mechanisms makes the s ystem inherit a series of features that are present in biological systems, such as flexibility, robustness and adaptability. The implementation of the model on an autonomous robot has proved its reliability and robustness in real environments and shows the relevance of this kind of approach. (C) 200 1 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.