Can A Robot Lead The Way?
Season 2, Episode 360, Feb 21, 09:00 AM
Could a robot with cutting edge software guide a blind person around, say, an airport or shopping centre?
Could it interact with the user and read out all kinds of helpful information and keep them safe?
RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell spoke to some of the team, behind Robbie, from Glasgow University to find out more.
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Image: Georgea (far left) who is a long time RNIB Scotland supporter and Haggeye member and Kyle (second from left) is from Forth Valley Sensory Centre. Far right is Dr Olaoluwa Popoola from Glasgow Uni and on the right sitting is Jacquie Winning MBE, Chief Executive of Forth Valley Sensory Centre and Dr Wasim Ahmad of Glasgow Uni. Laura Cluxton is third from left with black lab guide dog, she's from Forth Valley Sensory Centre as well. The robotic guide dog is in the foreground and a skeleton of a large mammal or dinosaur is behind them.
Could it interact with the user and read out all kinds of helpful information and keep them safe?
RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell spoke to some of the team, behind Robbie, from Glasgow University to find out more.
#RNIBConnect
Image: Georgea (far left) who is a long time RNIB Scotland supporter and Haggeye member and Kyle (second from left) is from Forth Valley Sensory Centre. Far right is Dr Olaoluwa Popoola from Glasgow Uni and on the right sitting is Jacquie Winning MBE, Chief Executive of Forth Valley Sensory Centre and Dr Wasim Ahmad of Glasgow Uni. Laura Cluxton is third from left with black lab guide dog, she's from Forth Valley Sensory Centre as well. The robotic guide dog is in the foreground and a skeleton of a large mammal or dinosaur is behind them.