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

How Users, Facility Managers, and Bystanders Perceive and Accept a Navigation Robot for Visually Impaired People in Public Buildings
- - Seita Kayukawa
  - Daisuke Sato
  - et al.
- 2022
- RO-MAN 2022
Corridor-Walker: Mobile Indoor Walking Assistance for Blind People to Avoid Obstacles and Recognize Intersections
- - Masaki Kuribayashi
  - Seita Kayukawa
  - et al.
- 2022
- PACM HCI
Accessing Passersby Proxemic Signals through a Head-Worn Camera: Opportunities and Limitations for the Blind
- - Kyungjun Lee
  - Daisuke Sato
  - et al.
- 2021
- ASSETS 2021
LineChaser: A Smartphone-Based Navigation System to Help Blind People to Stand in Lines
- - Masaki Kuribayashi
  - Seita Kayukawa
  - et al.
- 2021
- CHI 2021
BlindPilot: A robotic local navigation system that leads blind people to a landmark object
- - Seita Kayukawa
  - Tatsuya Ishihara
  - et al.
- 2020
- CHI EA 2020
Smartphone-based assistance for blind people to stand in lines
- - Seita Kayukawa
  - Hironobu Takagi
  - et al.
- 2020
- CHI EA 2020
ReCog: Supporting Blind People in Recognizing Personal Objects
- - Dragan Ahmetovic
  - Daisuke Sato
  - et al.
- 2020
- CHI 2020
Virtual navigation for blind people: Transferring route knowledge to the real-World
- - João Guerreiro
  - Daisuke Sato
  - et al.
- 2020
- Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.

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