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    Assist Technol. 2008 Summer;20(2):86-98.

    Robot-assisted shopping for the visually impaired: proof-of-concept design and feasibility evaluation.

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    Computer Science Assistive Technology Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4205, USA. vladimir.kulyukin@usu.edu

    Abstract

    This article presents RoboCart, a proof-of-concept prototype of a robotic shopping cart for the visually impaired in supermarkets. RoboCart autonomously leads shoppers to required locations and cues them through synthetic speech and a portable barcode reader to the salient features of the environment sufficient for product retrieval. In a longitudinal pilot feasibility study, visually impaired shoppers (n = 10) used the device to retrieve products in Lee's MarketPlace, a supermarket in Logan, Utah. The main finding is that RoboCart enables visually impaired shoppers to reliably and independently navigate to and retrieve products in a real supermarket.

    PMID:
    18646431
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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