COMPUTER VISION ROBOT CONTROL
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to computer vision robot control. As an example, a user device may use one or more cameras to process received visual data and generate control instructions for a robot. In some examples, a camera may be part of the user device, remote from the user device, part of the robot, or any combination thereof. Control instructions may be based on facial recognition and/or object recognition, among other computer vision techniques. As a result, the user may be able to more directly interact with the robot and/or control the robot in ways that were not previously available using simple user input methods.
1 . A system for controlling a robot, comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
receiving, by a user device, visual data from a camera;
generating, based on the received visual data, facial recognition information comprising a facial characteristic for a user of the user device;
determining a control instruction associated with the facial characteristic, wherein the control instruction is associated with the facial characteristic in a data store; and
providing the determined control instruction to the robot.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
generating, based on the received visual data, object recognition information comprising at least one object.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the control instruction is determined based at least in part on the at least one object.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the control instruction comprises:
analyzing a magnitude associated with the facial characteristic; and
adapting the control instruction based on the magnitude.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the facial characteristic is one of:
a facial expression;
an emotion; and
a facial feature.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the control instruction is associated with the facial expression in the data store as a result of an indication received from the user.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user device comprises the camera.
8 . A method for generating a control instruction based on visual input, comprising:
receiving, by a user device, visual data from a camera, wherein the visual data comprises a view of a robot;
generating, based on the received visual data, object recognition information comprising the robot and at least one object;
determining a control instruction for the robot based on the generated object recognition information; and
providing the determined control instruction to the robot.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
generating, based on the received visual data, facial recognition information comprising a facial characteristic for a user of the user device.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the control instruction is determined based at least in part on the facial characteristic for the user.
11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one object is another robot, and wherein determining the control instruction comprises analyzing movement of the another robot.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one object is a path, and wherein determining the control instruction comprises analyzing the path in relation to a position of the robot.
13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the control instruction comprises a comparison of the object recognition information to previous object recognition information.
14 . A method for controlling a robot, comprising:
receiving, by a user device, visual data from a camera;
generating, based on the received visual data, facial recognition information comprising a facial characteristic for a user of the user device;
determining a control instruction associated with the facial characteristic, wherein the control instruction is associated with the facial characteristic in a data store; and
providing the determined control instruction to the robot.
15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
generating, based on the received visual data, object recognition information comprising at least one object.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the control instruction is determined based at least in part on the at least one object.
17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein determining the control instruction comprises:
analyzing a magnitude associated with the facial characteristic; and
adapting the control instruction based on the magnitude.
18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the facial characteristic is one of:
a facial expression;
an emotion; and
a facial feature.
19 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the control instruction is associated with the facial expression in the data store as a result of an indication received from the user.
20 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the user device comprises the camera.