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Virtual Robots Fooled By Visual Illusions

Posted by kdawson on Sunday September 30, 2007 @10:45AM from the not-as-they-seem dept.

Roland Piquepaille alerts us to research out of University College London in which virtual robots, trained to "see" as we do, were duped by optical illusions the same way humans are. Here's one of the illusions the software system fell for.

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Now try this: by Wilson_6500 · 2007-09-30 11:13 · Score: 5, Interesting

Cross your eyes, line up the two squares so they're offset by a few millimeters, and then hit the mask. What I saw was that the squares retained their seeming discoloration--until I uncrossed my eyes.