Presidential Young Investigator Award: Application of Computer Vision Measurements to Solids, Structures, and Robots

计算机视觉测量将与力学分析发展相结合，以获得有用的“混合”方法来分析结构的完整性；一种精确的三维非接触式测量技术，可用于计算物体的微小运动，特别适用于机器人。最初的工作将集中在一般光学方程和为预期应用所需的适当简化上。改进的非接触式计算机测量技术将应用于研究材料的微观运动，产生多层介质，断裂过程等的改进模型。

Computer vision measurements will be combined with analytical developments in mechanics to obtain useful "hybrid" methods for analyzing the integrity of structures ;itin-situ;ro. An accurate, three-dimensional non-contacting measurement technique which can be used to compute small motions of an object, with particular application to robots will be developed. Initial work will center on the general optics equations and on appropriate simplifications necessary for the intended applications. The improved non-contacting computer-based measurement technique will be applied to investigate the microscale motions of materials, yielding improved models of multilayer media, fracture processes, etc.