[nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.

Thu Nov 17 01:08:22 UTC 2011

When I said it was starting and stopping, I did mean the bott, not to
vidio. And I think that would be halarious if it did despense
battories instead of using the bathroom. I am sure soon enough they
will install an ipad of somekind in to this thing and maybe a phone or
something so you could make calls, listen to music and pay your bils
while riding the subway or flying off to some place. I wonder how long
until they instal solor power panels to it so it will always be
charging when out n the sunshine? All that would be cool, but I still
would rather a real dog. And I am too interested in what your dad
says.

On 11/16/11, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> LOL, whose not. *grin*
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
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>
>> Well, you shouldn't have to clean up its movable parts that often. You
>> might get attached to the thing. I am attached to my Iphone. <Giggle>
>>
>> On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>>
>>> I think I'd loose something something by using a robotic contraption.
>>> The personability of a dog.  But, you wouldn't have to relieve the thing!
>>>
>>> Although, I wonder how expensive it would be to continually update its
>>> souftware and clean up its movable parts?
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)"
>>> <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't think the video is stopping and starting, I think the robot is.
>>>> This thing is nowhere near doneeacording to my dad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Lea williams
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:04 PM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
>>>>
>>>> Hey, this last link is the same vidio I saw. It is kind of hard to
>>>> tell what it is doing if you don't have someone telling you, which i
>>>> don't but, it still sounds loud and not sure hwy it keeps going and
>>>> stopping and not consistent unless it has something to do with them
>>>> dimistrating it.
>>>> Personally I would not like it. I do not like to draw so much
>>>> attenchen to myself. I try to walk quiet and not make a lot of noice,
>>>> but maybe i just became sinsitive to the sounds i make after I went
>>>> blind. IDK.
>>>>
>>>> On 11/16/11, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Tami, why wouldn't you use this to cross streets?
>>>>> Showed the video to my dad and he said this thing is way far from being
>>>>> done. Not sure what he means so will ask. He does say that it looks
>>>>> like a
>>>>> dog.
>>>>> And for those that want it, here's the link
>>>>> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/japanese-company-developing-robotic-guide-dog/
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>> Of Tami Kinney
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:43 AM
>>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, my inner science geek is just tickled pink by the whole notion of
>>>>> the robotic guide dog. Cool toys just flip my switch and I can't help
>>>>> it. /lol/
>>>>>
>>>>> The rest of me just does *not* know what to think. Okay, so it can take
>>>>> me safely up and down stairs... Would I cross the street with it? Nope.
>>>>> I want poodle power and poodle brains for that!
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting times, I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tami
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/16/2011 05:53 AM, frandi.galindo at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> I don't know about you all, but I would feel extremely and I mean
>>>>>> extremely weird if I had a machine as a guide. Especially one that
>>>>>> looks
>>>>>> like a dog. Its just not normal. Ok, I know we have Global positioning
>>>>>> systems that many of us blind or visually impaired individuals use to
>>>>>> help us get around, but so do the sighted. A machine can't show you
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> emotional support that a real live dog can. I will stop now before I
>>>>>> go
>>>>>> in to a book long rant, but do you see where I am going with this?
>>>>>> Nothing is as good as the real thing. The living will always do better
>>>>>> than the machine. At least with guiding.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Subject: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BITS.
>>>>>> New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
>>>>>> NY Times Monday, 2011_11_14
>>>>>> By NICK BILTON. Guide dogs for the blind
>>>>>> could soon be out of a job.
>>>>>> NSK, a Japanese company, is hard at work on a robotic dog that can
>>>>>> roll
>>>>>> across
>>>>>> floors,
>>>>>> climb stairs and assist those with limited or no sight. The robots,
>>>>>> which
>>>>>> can be
>>>>>> seen in the video above, have been in the works for several years. The
>>>>>> latest
>>>>>> version
>>>>>> is the third.
>>>>>> The newest robot can move up to 10 times faster than the company's
>>>>>> previous
>>>>>> ones.
>>>>>> Its legs have been improved to help it avoid collisions and tripping
>>>>>> over
>>>>>> itself.
>>>>>> According to NSK, the machines are technically called 'quadruped
>>>>>> walking
>>>>>> robots,'
>>>>>> because they use four legs to move.
>>>>>> Robotics researchers have also given the latest guide dog the gift of
>>>>>> sight
>>>>>> by
>>>>>> adding
>>>>>> a Microsoft Kinect camera to its head. This can help it to navigate
>>>>>> stairs
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> obstacles. Kinect cameras are traditionally used for video games on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>> Xbox 360 but are also often used in robotics projects.
>>>>>> The company will exhibit the latest version of the robot this week at
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> 2011
>>>>>> International
>>>>>> Robot Exhibition in Ariake, Japan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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