AS computers get better at navigating the world around them, they are also helping humans better navigate that world as well. Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, scientists ...

Previously, when Chieko Asakawa navigated her way across the Carnegie Mellon University campus, she used her white cane to identify obstructions with her ears alert to recognizable sounds and ...

Navigating airports can be a significant challenge for visually impaired individuals. To help remedy that reality, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who has been blind since she was 14 has ...

The NavCog app draws on existing sensors and cognitive technology. Imagine an app that could draw on existing sensors and cognitive technology to help blind people better navigate their surroundings.

Navigating airports can be tricky. They're loud, crowded and not always laid out intuitively. They're even more challenging for visually impaired people. Chieko Asakawa knows those challenges ...

As computers get better at navigating the world around them, they are also helping humans better navigate that world as well. Thanks to advances in AI and robotics, scientists from IBM Research and ...

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This June 9, 2019 photo shows Chieko Asakawa using the airport wayfinding app that she and her team at Carnegie Mellon University to navigate through Pittsburgh International Airside terminal in ...

As computers get better at navigating the world around them, they are also helping humans better navigate that world as well. Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, scientists ...

Advances in AI and robotics have helped scientists from IBM Research and Carnegie Mellon University develop an app that functions as eyes for the blind. Their goal was to create a technological ...

Navigating airports can be tricky. They’re loud, crowded and not always laid out intuitively. They’re even more challenging for visually impaired people. Chieko Asakawa knows those challenges ...