0:01Humanshavebeenperfectingtheirsensoryabilitiesformillionsofyears.

0:06Eyesightcombinedwithbrainpowerallowspeopletoidentifyfaces,
0:11recognizeobjects,perceivetheirenvironment
0:14andthentakeactionbasedonthoseobservations.
0:17IntheCenterforAutomationResearch
0:20knownasCfAR,Marylandresearchersarecommittedtobringingthesesame
sensory
0:25skillstomoderncomputingplatforms.
0:27We'vebeenworkingontheproblemofcomputervisionforover50years
trying
0:31togetcomputerstheabilitytosee
0:33withthesametypeofaccuracythatpeopledotobeabletorecognize
0:36everydayobjects,
0:38everydayactionsofpeopleandthecontextinwhichthey'rebeingdone
0:41WhileCfARhasalmosttwodozenfacultyandresearchscientistsinits
0:45fouruniquelabs
0:46itcantraceitsrootsbacktothededicatedeffortsofoneman.
0:50ThecenterwasestablishedbyAzrielRosenfeld,whowasaresearch
professorhere
0:54inCollegePark
0:55andAzrielreallywasthefounderofthewholefieldofcomputervision.
0:58Hewrotethefirsttextbookandhestartedthefirstjournalandhestartedthe
1:02firstconference
1:02andheprobablywrotemostofthefirstfewhundredpapers.
1:07ResearchinCfARtodayincludesnewvisualizationtoolsthatareusedin
1:11healthcare.
1:11Thesegroundbreakingapplicationscanhelpmedicalprofessionalsgainnew
1:16insightintoseriousconditions
1:18liketraumaticbraininjuryorParkinson'sdisease.
1:21Projectsinvirtualandaugmentedrealityarealsounderway
1:25creatingimmersiveinteractiveplatformsthatletpeopleseeanduse
information
1:29thatmattersmosttothem.
1:32CfARhasalsodevelopedatechnologythatallowspeopletoaccessmore
than
1:3610,000newsfeedsfromaroundtheworld
1:38simplybyclickingonamaplocation.Andifyouwanttoknowwhatsong
birdis
1:43chirpingoutsideofyourwindow
1:44checkoutBirdSnap,anelectronicfieldguide
1:47thatcanidentifythousandsofspeciesofbirdsinthewild.

1:51Forpublicsafety,CfARisbuildingfacialrecognitionsoftware
1:55thatcanidentifypeopleinlessthanperfectenvironments
1:58evenifthey'reslightlyoutoffocusormovingawayfromasurveillance
2:02camera.TheHolyGrailhereistounderstandwhat'sinanimage
2:07whatsinavideo,whosinit,whattheyredoing
2:10whentheimagewastaken,whereitwastaken.
2:13Soweconsiderallofthisas[an]inferenceproblem.
2:16inferenceproblem.Givenasingleimageorvideosequencehowmuch
informationcanyou
2:20gatherfromthere.
2:23RecentworkinCfARinvolvesautonomousroboticsystems
2:26designingrobotsthatwillsoonbeabletothinkandactontheirown.
2:30thismeansthathumanoidrobots
2:33usingskillsobtainedfromartificialintelligence,computervision,and
2:37languageprocessingsoftware
2:39couldsoonbehelpingoutaroundyourhouseorapartment.Inourproject
2:44withrobotswearetryingtocreateatechnologysothatrobotseventually
2:48caninteractwithhumans.Soonethingistheyneedtounderstandwhat
humansare
2:54aredoingwhattheiractionsareandforthatweneed
2:57toolssotheycanpickuptheiraction
3:01trackthem,andallthatinrealtime.
3:05OneprojecthasrobotswatchingYouTubecookingvideos
3:08HiI'mJuliayourpersonalchef.Andthenusingtheirownknowledgesystem
to
3:13figureoutthebestwaytomakeasalad.
3:15Iamlookingforthedressing.When
3:19thesecognitiverobotsthatsee
3:22andreasonandactintheworldappropriately
3:26itwillchangefundamentallyoursocieties.
3:30WhatelsecanIdoforyoutoday?