Goodale M.A. Vision and Action: The Control of Grasping

Ablex, 1990 — 384 p.
Series: Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Series in Artificial Intelligence and RoboticsHuman beings and other primates are capable of reaching toward and grasping objects with great precision, and vision plays an indispensable role in the control of this skilled behavior Despite the apparent ease with which we can grasp a door handle or pick up a pencil, the relationship between visual input and motor output is not a simple one, Indeed, just how visual representations of an object are transformed into useful motor commands for grasping that object is a central
problem not only for neuroscience and psychology, but also for robotics and artificial intelligence