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

[Tanna Dieken]

Just when you thought they couldn't get any crazier.   
Tanna Dieken

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> On Jun 17, 2015, at 2:41 PM, philip blackmer via nfbwatlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> In the words of the immortal Johnny five, "I'm alive!"
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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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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