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

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 16:22:28 UTC 2011 

Well, I'm telling you I would call the robot vet and have them send out a tow truck for it. I wonder if you contact them at robot support at whoknows.com?

On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:

> Or, the thing would break down and you would have to carry it!  And of course, it would weigh as much as a truck!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
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>> Julie
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>>> 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.
>>>> 
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>>>> -----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
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>>>> 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: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
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>>>> 
>>>> 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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