European project CURVACE developing low-resolution curved eye under the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) program published Youtube video showing the curved eye robot prototype:
This Floreano lab at EPFL PNAS article on their trilobite-inspired compound eye from the CurvACE project is pretty cool, I think. Maybe not so practical but the fabrication process quite involved (see the supplementary material). The whole thing is a major job, with custom photoreceptor chip, custom ommatidia fabrication, and a bunch of assembly steps. http://www.ism.univmed.fr/IMG/pdf/PNAS-2013-Floreano-1219068110.pdf
This Floreano lab at EPFL PNAS article on their trilobite-inspired compound eye from the CurvACE project is pretty cool, I think. Maybe not so practical but the fabrication process quite involved (see the supplementary material). The whole thing is a major job, with custom photoreceptor chip, custom ommatidia fabrication, and a bunch of assembly steps.
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