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Robots to Help the Blind

Posted by samzenpus on from the helper-robot dept.

Timberwolf0122 writes "Computer scientists in the US have developed a robot that could help blind people to shop or find their way around large buildings. Utilising a RFID tags to find products and a laser range finder to avoid obsticals. The prototype was developed at Utah State University, is this the end of guide dogs?"

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  1. be careful... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    don't shine that laser range finder up in the sky, or the faa will be coming after your blind ass!

  2. YOU FAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for i>t. i don't

  3. Again, tech in terms of the disabled. by Eunuch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We are all disabled until we become a cyberthalamus (an engineered version of the thalamus, which hosts sentience). We'll take our last breath, and not die. We will become the robot that is helping the so-called "disabled".

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    Transcend Humanity. Please.