Detecting pain in cats

Analysing cats’ facial expressions could lead to a major breakthrough in helping to alleviate feline suffering. Computer vision expert Dr Georgios Tzimiropoulos, from the University of Lincoln, UK, has been pioneering the development of self-learning computer vision systems to aid the automatic detection of facial expressions. Although the focus has been on humans, the technology will now…

Smarter video searching and indexing

Typing in text to find a film clip on YouTube often results in diverse (and sometimes unrelated) videos being suggested. This problem could soon be resolved with the advent of smarter video-search engines that are able to pick and choose the most relevant videos by analysing a tiny fraction of video frames. Research to create…

Bat vision system could help protect buildings

Vital data on bat behaviour is being analysed by a computer vision system developed by the University of Lincoln and Lincolnshire Bat Group. The technique, which uses a high-speed camera, filming in infra-red, is being developed by academics at the University of Lincoln, UK. It monitors wing beat frequency which might enable the Group to…

Robots that learn from experience

Specialist robots will learn how to act intelligently in real-world environments, supporting security guards or care home assistants, in a multi-million Euro project. The aim of the research is to create mobile robots that are able to operate intelligently and independently, based on an understanding of 3D space and how this space changes over time,…

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