Visual impairment affects approximately 285 million people worldwide, people who could benefit enormously from increased mobility and robotic assistance.
The same technology that will enable this level of automation could even be put to use to help people dealing with disabilities—like the blind—experience the world in ways never before possible. Visual impairment affects approximately 285 million people worldwide, people who could benefit enormously from increased mobility and robotic assistance. This is a segment of the population that technology has often left behind or ignored, but, in this case, technology could make all the difference. Wearable devices that include the sensors used by self-driving cars and run autonomy software could enable visually impaired people to experience the world safely and in ways that are much richer than the walking stick.