AI Suitcase

Helping visually-impaired users to independently walk around and self-navigate

Overview

AI Suitcase is an epoch-making technology solution for a new type of navigation robot. Enabled by AI, various sensors, and human-machine interfaces, it autonomously navigates a user from point A to B based on what the user asks for through voice interaction. It is currently in the Research prototyping phase and the IBM team is working with business partners and academia in the form of an industry consortium.

Publications

Cabot: Designing and evaluating an autonomous navigation robot for blind people
- - João Guerreiro
  - Daisuke Sato
  - et al.
- 2019
- ASSETS 2019
Conference paper
Airport accessibility and navigation assistance for people with visual impairments
- - João Guerreiro
  - Dragan Ahmetovic
  - et al.
- 2019
- CHI 2019
Conference paper
Navcog3 in the wild: Large-scale Blind Indoor Navigation Assistant with Semantic Features
- - Daisuke Sato
  - Uran Oh
  - et al.
- 2019
- ACM TACCESS
Paper
An independent and interactive museum experience for blind people
- - Saki Asakawa
  - João Guerreiro
  - et al.
- 2019
- W4A 2019
Conference paper
BBEEP: A sonic collision avoidance system for blind travellers and nearby pedestrians
- - Seita Kayukawa
  - Keita Higuchi
  - et al.
- 2019
- CHI 2019
Conference paper
Smartphone-based localization for blind navigation in building-scale indoor environments
- - Masayuki Murata
  - Dragan Ahmetovic
  - et al.
- 2019
- Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Paper
The present and future of museum accessibility for people with visual impairments
- - Saki Asakawa
  - João Guerreiro
  - et al.
- 2018
- ASSETS 2018
Conference paper
Deep radio-visual localization
- - Tatsuya Ishihara
  - Kris Kitani
  - et al.
- 2018
- WACV 2018
Conference paper

Contributors

Akihiro Kosugi

Advisory Software Engineer