Pith. sign in

REVIEW 1 cited by

Can Quadruped Navigation Robots be Used as Guide Dogs?

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

Re-run · record.json Download PDF Read on arXiv ↗

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 2210.08727 v3 pith:RGQDTXFJ submitted 2022-10-17 cs.HC cs.RO

Luyao Wang , Qihe Chen , Yan Zhang , Ziang Li , Tingmin Yan , Fan Wang , Guyue Zhou , Jiangtao Gong This is my paper · ORCID
classification cs.HCcs.RO
keywords robotsquadrupedguideusersdesignbionicdogsempirical
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal
0 comments
read the original abstract

Quadruped robots have the potential to guide blind and low vision (BLV) people due to their highly flexible locomotion and emotional value provided by their bionic forms. However, the development of quadruped guide robots rarely involves BLV users' participatory designs and evaluations. In this paper, we conducted two empirical experiments both in indoor controlled and outdoor field scenarios, exploring the benefits and drawbacks of quadruped guide robots. The results show that the nowadays commercial quadruped robots exposed significant disadvantages in usability and trust compared with wheeled robots. It is concluded that the moving gait and walking noise of quadruped robots would limit the guiding effectiveness to a certain extent, and the empathetic effect of its bionic form for BLV users could not be fully reflected. Based on the findings of wheeled robots and quadruped robots' advantages, we discuss the design implications for the future guide robot design for BLV users. This paper reports the first empirical experiment about quadruped guide robots with BLV users and preliminary explores their potential improvement space in substituting guide dogs, which can inspire the further specialized design of quadruped guide robots.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 1 Pith paper

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. Understanding Expectations for a Robotic Guide Dog for Visually Impaired People

    cs.RO 2025-01 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    A user study with 18 blind or visually impaired participants finds preferences for a quiet, less compliant gait, a rigid handle, gradual turns, and audio explanations in a robotic guide dog.

Pith tools