Head-mounted 3-D mapping device, developed for robots, can help blind people navigate

by Laura Domela

A system first made for robot navigation could give blind people the equivalent of a Braille head-up display, according to French researchers. Two cameras mounted to a pair of glasses generate a three-dimensional image of a person’s environment and their place in it, displaying the information on a handheld Braille device.

The goal is to help visually impaired people move around more efficiently without physical aids, according to Edwige Pissaloux of the Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris.
via Popular Science

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Head-mounted 3-D mapping device, developed for robots, can help blind people navigate

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