Introduction: While collaboration and cooperation are regarded as foundational to Vision Zero (VZ) Safe Systems initiatives, there is little guidance on structuring VZ collaboration, conducting collaborative goal setting, aligning tangible action across organizations. As part of a larger mutual learning model, we developed Leadership Team Institute support communities in strategic planning sett...

Active vision is the skill that allows to control vision sensors and to filter visual signals in order to response to particular tasks and external stimuli in a fast and effective way. In biological and artificial systems it enables faster processing and reacting, providing meaningful information for subsequent activities such as navigation, manipulation, movements planning, interaction with th...

This paper discusses how uncertainty models of vision-based positioning sensors can be used to support the planning and optimization of positioning actions for mobile robots. Two sensor types are considered: a global vision with overhead cameras, and an on-board camera observing artificial landmarks. The developed sensor models are applied to optimize robot positioning actions in a distributed ...

ABSTRACT A retrospective review of records determined the frequency and causes of low vision and blindness in all children aged < 16 years attending an ophthalmic practice in Sana'a, Yemen between January and December 2001. Of the 1104 children studied, 45 (4.1%) were found to have bilateral blindness and 115 (10.4%) were unilaterally blind; 48 children (4.3%) were bilaterally visually impaired...

Available online 8 June 2011 Confident leaders are seen as competent and capable by others. However, excessive amounts of confidence may be detrimental to a leader's performance. The purpose of the current study was to identify indicators of overconfidence and examine the influence that overconfidence has on certain kinds of leader performance. Results indicated two elements of overconfidence: ...

An essential outcome of professional practice environments is the provision of high-quality, safe nursing care. To mitigate the quality and safety chasm, nursing leadership at St. Michael's Hospital undertook a strategic plan to enhance the nursing professional practice environment. This case study outlines the development of the strategic planning process: the driving forces (platform); key st...

In the context of enterprise engineering, strategic planning, information systems engineering, and software engineering activities should be tightly integrated. Traditional, interviewbased requirements gathering and elicitation techniques are suited for this aim not enough well and often lead to the violation of the strategic alignment. The vision-driven requirements engineering has been propos...

We describe how knowledge of the physics of the scene itself is important to computer vision. High-level knowledge of scene physics can help programs see the world, and programs that see and understand this way are useful for planning plan scene interactions. We illustrate these points with two of our most recent knowledge-intensive vision systems. One uses knowledge of physics and function to ...

In path planning of autonomous agriculture vehicles, detecting and identifying obstacles, and taking appropriate collision avoidance measures are critical for safe operation. The goal of this research was to obtain the hay bale distance and position to be used in real-time obstacle avoidance detection for autonomous robot tractors using stereo vision system. The vision system was an omnidirecti...