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

Thu Nov 17 15:01:10 UTC 2011

ROFLOL!  You're not the only one.  I can totally see that happening to 
me too.   Then I'd call tech support and it would suddenly work just 
fine, making me look like an even bigger idiot.  I guess it's the same 
as live guide dogs being perfectly behaved when the follow up trainer 
comes out?

And on a related note...does anyone else think it just a bit weird that 
this thing is in the shape of a dog?I mean they could have made it look 
like anything...a robot, a cow, a vacuum etc.  I still think the choice 
of a dog shape is a marketing ploy.  I think it will be a mistake, 
assuming that this thing ever does actually reach the market.  It will 
not be a replacement for a live guide dog, no more than a live guide dog 
is a replacement for a cane.  It's just a different tool that may be 
able to provide different advantages over other available mobility options.

Julie

> That would be me, mine would break down or I'd have problems with it 
> like I do my computer ... I'd say forward and it would say command not 
> known or path not found or it would restart itself in the middle of a 
> busy street or need updating or it would lock up and just refuse to do 
> anything ... ugh!!
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> -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:56 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
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> I have never noticed Japanese people in general having bad attitudes
> towards dogs.  But they do have a real thing for robotic pets.  Very
> strange.
> I wouldn't want a robot guide dog because I think it would be likely to
> break down.  Remember the laser cane, long ago?  It was interesting, but
> one couldn't use it if it was cold, or hot, or wet.  Made it pretty
> useless.
> Is a robo dog any sturdier?  And can it go on stairs?  (Darlek at bottom
> of stairs:  "Our plans for world domination will have to be delayed!")
> Tracy
>
>> Maybe maybe not. It depends on what you want and how you want it done.
>> The Japanese are certainly the ones to do this based on their
>> technological abilities and their cultural attitudes about dogs.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of frandi.galindo at gmail.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:54 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
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>>         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: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
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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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