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Wednesday, February 08, 2012

NSK Develops a Guide-Dog Style Robot

“Autonomous External Recognition and Staircase Guidance Made Possible. NSK has developed a four-legged, wheeled robot that utilises a newly developed external recognition technology and guidance function to detect the position of stairs, autonomously recognise the shape of the stairs and then guide the user up and down staircases. The robot developed by NSK is a four legged, wheeled robot equipped with drive wheels on each of its legs and highly capable of manoeuvring over flat and stepped terrain. It is also capable of autonomously recognising stairs through the use of independent processing of external information detected through image and distance sensors, and then guiding the user up and down staircases. This technology resulted from the development of technology aimed at achieving an autonomous robot capable of assisting human eyesight.” Read more at http://www.nskeurope.com/cps/rde/xchg/eu_en/hs.xsl/nsk-develops-a-guide-dog-style-robot.html

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