Panoramic Stitching on Android, Open CV on Android

Robot View, now on the Android Market, lets you create panoramas and upload them to the web with your cellphone. Here's a panorama taken at Stanford, and here's another taken in the WG offices.

This isn't just a cool new app for your phone. It's a preview of what's coming for OpenCV and ROS. The panoramic stitching engine used in Robot View will soon be part of OpenCV. You'll also be able to use it in your own Android Apps, because OpenCV now runs on Android:

And, of course, OpenCV and ROS are part of the same happy family, so, yes, it will soon be coming to a robot near you.