Lecture 9: Intro to Ray-Tracing & Accelerating Ray-Scene Intersection (86)
akhilvemuri
Ray intersection probability actually draws a lot of importance in robotics. It is frequently used to estimate the likelihood that a robot's sensor readings correspond to a particular object or surface in the environment as well as estimate the likelihood of collisions. It's not something I had noticed before, but it turns out to be very important for applications such as object recognition, localization, and mapping.
jierui-cell
@akhilvemuri It is interesting to read your comments on Ray tracing's application in robotics. I was wondering how the robot recognizes the same object when it is moving, as the ray intersection probability should change when the robot changes its position.
prannaypradeep999
Interestingly enough, concepts about ray intersection are also used in physics, notably in models to determine collision detections. Collision detection algorithms use ray intersection to determine whether two objects are colliding and how they should respond. I've always wondered how this was done, so this is super cool insight!
Ray intersection probability actually draws a lot of importance in robotics. It is frequently used to estimate the likelihood that a robot's sensor readings correspond to a particular object or surface in the environment as well as estimate the likelihood of collisions. It's not something I had noticed before, but it turns out to be very important for applications such as object recognition, localization, and mapping.
@akhilvemuri It is interesting to read your comments on Ray tracing's application in robotics. I was wondering how the robot recognizes the same object when it is moving, as the ray intersection probability should change when the robot changes its position.
Interestingly enough, concepts about ray intersection are also used in physics, notably in models to determine collision detections. Collision detection algorithms use ray intersection to determine whether two objects are colliding and how they should respond. I've always wondered how this was done, so this is super cool insight!