[nfbwatlk] Transit Guide-Bots for Blind Passengers?, Route Fifty presented by Government Executive, May 17 2015

[philip blackmer]

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> On Jun 16, 2015, at 7:37 AM, Mike Freeman via nfbwatlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> What do you expect? Many blind iPhone users seem to be waxing ecstatic about
> the Be My Eyes app! The common denominator here is that neither the blind
> nor the sighted often seem to believe that the blind can come up with their
> own solutions to problems engendered by the lack of sight.
> 
> And can you imagine what these robots would do under current operating
> systems? They'd go nuts!
> 
> Wish people would worry less about the blind navigating their environment
> and more about putting the blind to work!
> 
> Mike Freeman
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Prows,
> Bennett (HHS/OCR) via nfbwatlk
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 7:11 AM
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> Cc: Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR); Nightingale, Noel
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Transit Guide-Bots for Blind Passengers?, Route
> Fifty presented by Government Executive, May 17 2015
> 
> Hmmm is right! So, we want sighted guides everywhere?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Nightingale, Noel via nfbwatlk
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 2:07 PM
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Nightingale, Noel
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Transit Guide-Bots for Blind Passengers?, Route Fifty
> presented by Government Executive, May 17 2015
> 
> Hmmm...
> 
> Link:
> http://www.routefifty.com/2015/05/transit-guide-bots-blind-passengers/113020
> /
> 
> Text:
> Transit Guide-Bots for Blind Passengers?
> By Bill Lucia
> May 17, 2015
> 
> An assistive robotics project is exploring how advanced technology could
> make it easier for people with visual impairments to navigate cities.
> 
> A blind person is traveling on the subway. The train they're riding on pulls
> into a stop, the doors open and the person exits. Waiting there on the
> platform, to help guide them through the station, is a robot.
> 
> "Making a robot do that, there are some challenges, but it's not as
> challenging as it used to be," said Aaron Steinfeld after describing the
> scenario involving the guide-bot during a recent interview. Steinfeld is an
> associate research professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics
> Institute in Pittsburgh, where he specializes in human-robot interaction.
> 
> He and others at the university are working on a project that aims to
> incorporate robots, smartphones, mobile applications and crowdsourced
> information into a system that can help blind people navigate complicated
> and unfamiliar urban environments, such as transit stations.
> 
> "If you have a disability, it can be rather difficult to just get up and go
> somewhere because of the planning and the information that you need at your
> disposal," Steinfeld said. "That's where information technology and
> assistive robot systems could really shine."
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