Posted on Mar 12, 2024
Can this robot help solve a guide dog shortage?
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Glidance CEO Amos Miller is one of an estimated 253 million people worldwide who live with a moderate to severe vision impairment. The overwhelming majority of those people currently navigate through the world without access to highly trained guide dogs or difficult to master walking canes. Miller, who was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa when he was five and has since lost most of his sight, believes his company’s autonomous guide robot could offer a solution to that mammoth accessibility gap. At just three pounds, Miller says “Glide” can spot obstacles and safely navigate blind people to their destinations, all at a fraction of the cost it takes to train and maintain highly specialized guide dogs.
Can this robot help solve a guide dog shortage?
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Outstanding idea for those challenged by restricted eyesight.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown, Anything that can help the blind and all disabled people is a good thing but I doubt that this technology can replace a good guide dog.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
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As The Article Stated, It's A New Devise & Still In It's Infancy...
Just Give It A Little Time And It'll Be In High Demand AND Less Expensive.....
It Even Took The Wright Brothers Some Time To Get That Plane Off The Ground...
Just Give It A Little Time And It'll Be In High Demand AND Less Expensive.....
It Even Took The Wright Brothers Some Time To Get That Plane Off The Ground...
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I Just Read Most Of This Article As I Have My Sister-In-Law, Carol, Living With Us.
She's Totally Blind On Her Left, With A Blurry 20/40 On Her Right....
And For $50,000, It's A Bargain. ~ Expensive, Perhaps, But Not For What She'd Be Getting.
And It's Only In It's Infancy ~~ Give It 5 More Years And It May Contain A Device Which Will Guide The Person To Their Destination, Automatically ~ Somewhat Similar To Using GPS. I'd Love To Drop A 50 On It, Think It's Worth Every Cent
She's Totally Blind On Her Left, With A Blurry 20/40 On Her Right....
And For $50,000, It's A Bargain. ~ Expensive, Perhaps, But Not For What She'd Be Getting.
And It's Only In It's Infancy ~~ Give It 5 More Years And It May Contain A Device Which Will Guide The Person To Their Destination, Automatically ~ Somewhat Similar To Using GPS. I'd Love To Drop A 50 On It, Think It's Worth Every Cent
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