The Raven Project was created to develop a new, flexible computer vision architecture that we call the Reconfigurable Vision Machine (RVM). The five-year project, which began in July 1994, is a joint effort between The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute and Kirin Techno-System Corporation.
During the first two and one-half years of the project the architecture and philosophy of a modular and reconfigurable vision machine was developed, implemented and refined. The core hardware elements of this system were designed, saw several generations of improvement and have been demonstrated on a working factory floor. Software tools and libraries have also undergone several generations of development, and a prototype of the graphical development tool has been demonstrated. The system that exists today is a powerful and very flexible platform capable of performing a wide variety of vision and inspection tasks. Future plans include completion of the software development tool, development of new hardware modules, and the construction of several new commercial machines.
current staff
past staff
- Omead Amidi
- Jeffrey Byrne
- Stuart Fairley
- Raymond Weymer Jr
- Larissa Kasian
- Qifa Ke
- Tsuneo Sakuma
- Randon Warner
- Shinsaku Yamamoto