NIH-funded modern “white cane” brings navigation assistance to the 21st century

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September 8, 2021

Robotic cane with 3D camera can accurately guide user to chosen location, avoiding obstacles

Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users a new way to navigate indoors. Development of the device was co-funded by NIBIB the NEI. Source: National Eye Institute. Learn more from NEI.