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

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Thu Nov 17 16:58:14 UTC 2011 

I wonder if the thing gets sick and poops batteries!  If so, do you have to 
pick them up!
----- 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: Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.


> 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>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: New From Japan: Robotic Guide Dog.
>>
>>
>>> 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!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>        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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