Automatic acquisition of object using eigen appearance

Automatic acquisition of an object using model appearance from an environment is proposed in this paper. Robots directly interact with a defined environment in order to extract object shape from its scene. The robot extracts the targeted object´s appearance, creating an eigenspace, and stores it into the memory server (or intelligent data carrier). Eigenspace is constructed every time a new object appears, and various appearances are accumulated gradually. A closed sequence of appearances is generated from the accumulated shapes, which is used for object recognition. Experimental results of object accumulation and recognition show the effectiveness of the proposed method.