artificial vision

Factual Questions
1

Is it possible for a robot to use a laser or sonar or something to scan an area in front of it and collect range data from many points and correlate that with an image collected from a camera?

Thanks for your help,
Rob

2

Yes.

3

Is it currently being done?

Thanks,
Rob

4

The DARPA Grand Challenge has been one of the more recent high profile examples. Vehicles using cameras, Lidar, and other technologies to steer themselves through urban and offroad terrain.

5

The more interesting question is how quickly it can be done. Computer vision tends to require a lot of CPU cycles.

6

Didn’t Stanley, the 2005 Darpa Grand Challenge winner do it in realtime?