Robot Seeing Eye Dog That Could Be The Future For the Blind!

This Robot is the AI-Powered Seeing Eye Dog of the Future

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00:00You've probably seen a robot that looks quite similar to this one before.

00:07However this one isn't helping police or rescue workers in dangerous areas.

00:11This is the new prototype from the University of Glasgow and it's being developed to help

00:15the blind.

00:16The robot is equipped with myriad sensors which effectively let it map any area in real

00:20time.

00:21It can then relay that information to a human, allowing them to navigate any terrain without

00:25the use of their eyes.

00:27This is a huge step from conventional bots you may have seen already, as the researchers

00:31say some often rely on GPS tracking, which is good outdoors but incomplete inside, and

00:36others rely on cameras.

00:37However those are limited by line of sight, meaning they have trouble helping the blind

00:41around objects and corners.

00:43This robo-seeing eye dog however uses a series of sensors coupled with its sophisticated

00:47artificial intelligence to both see the world around it and interpret that information.

00:52This is a whole lot like what a biological seeing eye dog might do.

00:55However this AI powered robo-dog can provide more detailed and easily understandable data

01:00for its user, providing verbal communication rather than barks or trained responses.

01:05Its developers say this could revolutionize the way blind individuals move around the

01:09world, bringing support to the 2.2 billion people around the globe with vision loss.