[NFBSF] Robotic guide dog prototype?

[Lisa Irving]

I have only heard about Japan's experimentation  with a robotic guide dog.
Why? I am also skeptical at many levels. 

Lisa Irving

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I have heard rumors. Also, someone in Japan has been working on one. Like
you, I am skeptical. There are several factors such as intelligent
disobedience that AI will at some point fully be able to address, but I
think the technology is still not there.

Also, there is frankly, the human factor, that dogs bring. Dogs have
interactions we can classify as the "human-animal bond" that robots will not
be able to make for a long time. The relationship factor cannot be
underrated.


Best Regards,


Michael Hingson

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Subject: [NFBSF] Robotic guide dog prototype?

Hey All,

Just curious if anyone has seen or heard of this robotic guide dog from UC
Berkeley?  I'd love to know more.

https://www.republicworld.com/technology-news/science/robotic-guide-dogs-cou
ld-help-visually-impaired-people-navigate-the-world-heres-how.html

I will say that I am quite skeptical about the claims made, but there still
might be value.

Jim


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