?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Better+Vision+Through+Manipulation&rft.creator=Metta%2C+Giorgio&rft.creator=Fitzpatrick%2C+Paul&rft.subject=Machine+Vision&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=For+the+purposes+of+manipulation%2C+we+would+like+to+know+what+parts+of+the+environment+are+physically+coherent+ensembles+-+that+is%2C+which+parts+will+move+together%2C+and+which+are+more+or+less+independent.+It+takes+a+great+deal+of+experience+before+this+judgement+can+be+made+from+purely+visual+information.+This+paper+develops+active+strategies+for+acquiring+that+experience+through+experimental+manipulation%2C+using+tight+correlations+between+arm+motion+and+optic+flow+to+detect+both+the+arm+itself+and+the+boundaries+of+objects+with+which+it+comes+into+contact.+We+argue+that+following+causal+chains+of+events+out+from+the+robot's+body+into+the+environment+allows+for+a+very+natural+developmental+progression+of+visual+competence%2C+and+relate+this+idea+to+results+in+neuroscience.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.contributor=Marom%2C+Yuval&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2520%2F1%2FMetta.pdf&rft.identifier=++Metta%2C+Giorgio+and+Fitzpatrick%2C+Paul++(2002)+Better+Vision+Through+Manipulation.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2520%2F