Engineers create a robotic eye-seeing dog to aid the visually impaired

Get a daily digest of the latest news in tech, science, and technology, delivered right to your mailbox. Subscribe now.The team of engineers at Binghamton University's Computer Science Department in New York State has been developing a robotic seeing-eye dog to improve accessibility for those who are visually impaired. Last year, they performed a trick-or-treating exercise with its quadruped robotic dog.

The effort by the team at Binghamton University is one of the first attempts to create a seeing-eye robot after the discovery and cost reduction of quadruped technology. After nearly a year of development, the team developed a novel leash-tugging interface for use with reinforcement learning. The pulling interface allows the user to pull the robot in a certain direction at a hallway intersection, causing theto turn in response. While the robot shows potential, engineers believe that further research and development is required before the technology is suitable for use in specific contexts.Next on the agenda is the addition of a natural language interface.

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