Scientists want to replace guide dogs with four-legged AI robots that TALK

SCIENTISTS want to replace guide dogs with four-legged AI robots that talk to users.

Engineers from the University of Glasgow have developed the four-legged RoboGuide to help blind people.

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Prof Wasim Ahmad said: “When we develop something like this, it is a combination of different things.

“The first challenge is how to get to know the environment.”

Colleague Dr. Olaoluwa Popoola added: “Outdoors, GPS performs excellently.

“That's why we use it for our cars and for maps on our phones.

“But indoor spaces are subject to deteriorating GPS signals.”

Snaps show the engineers using the RoboGuide while walking the line through the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow.

Prof Ahmad said: “We use computer vision, we use 3D technology where it scans the entire environment.

“It understands where every object, every pillar, every obstacle is – and remembers and remembers them.”

He added: “The second is avoiding objects or obstacles – we developed that using multiple sensors.

“The third technology we integrated into that is interactivity.”

Dr. Popoola said: “We have integrated some great language models so that intelligent conversations can be had.”

The engineers invited blind people from the area to test the AI ​​guide dog.

Contestant Kyle Somerville said, “100 percent, I would personally use this in the future.

“There are a lot of people I know who would definitely try this or would definitely use it.”