Bio-inspired unified model for representing geometric relations in robotic perception

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Authors: Yan Yi, Wang Zhuo, Wu Huifeng, Sun Danfeng, Rene Simon
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Abstract

Despite remarkable progress in robotic visual technologies over the past decade, the modeling of complex geometric relations is still constrained by numerical models. These approaches exhibit inherent limitations in handling robotic visual contact perception, as dynamic interaction instantaneity and representation inconsistency diminish reliable comprehension of contact relationships. This paper presents a unified geometric model grounded in vector set operations, which establishes a mathematical equivalence between biological visual perception paradigms and robotic visual models. The proposed model facilitates continuous contact description without geometric discretization, which enables rapid characterization of complex contact states during dynamic interactions and provides a novel theoretical framework for robotic visual perception. This innovation is further reinforced by its engineering implementation as a mathematical framework that integrates the principles of biological vision, significantly enhancing the ability to interpret and interact with the complex physical environments of advanced robotic systems.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Robot Manipulation and Learning Social Robot Interaction and HRI Motor Control and Adaptation

Publication details

Journal / source
Scientific Reports
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
1568–1568
Publication date
10 January 2026
Language
EN