Navigating real-world challenges: A quadruped robot guiding system for visually impaired people in diverse environments

• Main Authors: CAI, Shaojun, RAM, Ashwin, GOU, Zhengtai, SHAIKH, Mohd Alqama Wasim, CHEN, Yu-An, WAN, Yingjia, HARA, Kotaro, ZHAO, Shengdong, HSU, David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Visual impairment; Orientation and mobility; Assistive technology; Navigation; Robot guide dog; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9608; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10608/viewcontent/Navigating_real_world_challenges_A_quadruped_robot_guiding_system_for_visually_impaired_people_in_diverse_environments.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI) people find challenges in navigating unfamiliar environments, even using assistive tools such as white canes or smart devices. Increasingly affordable quadruped robots offer us opportunities to design autonomous guides that could improve how BVI people find ways aro...