Artificial eyes could bring human-like sight to self-driving cars, robots

A team of researchers, co-led by an engineer at Penn State, are developing artificial vision technology that could help self-driving cars and robots see more clearly in changing light. Inspired by the way human eyes adjust from bright to dark settings, the new system is able to recognize visual patterns with high accuracy in mixed lighting in a test reminiscent of an eye doctor exam. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Although self-driving cars and sophisticated robots use advanced cameras, computer algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) to picture their surroundings, these artificial eyes struggle to remain reliable in mixed lighting c... [7119 chars] Originally reported by The Pennsylvania State University. Read the full story at the original source for complete details and analysis.