Robotic Guide Dog: Leading a Human with Leash-Guided Hybrid Physical Interaction

Anxing Xiao,Wenzhe Tong,Lizhi Yang,Jun Zeng,Zhongyu Li,Koushil Sreenath,Anxing Xiao,Wenzhe Tong,Lizhi Yang,Jun Zeng,Zhongyu Li,Koushil Sreenath

An autonomous robot that is able to physically guide humans through narrow and cluttered spaces could be a big boon to the visually-impaired. Most prior robotic guiding systems are based on wheeled platforms with large bases with actuated rigid guiding canes. The large bases and the actuated arms limit these prior approaches from operating in narrow and cluttered environments. We propose a method ...