1115: Can A Robot Make A Good Guide For Blind People

<div>Students at Glasgow University are developing a robotic guide that could help blind people find their way around places like shopping centres and even identify items on a shelf in a shop.</div> <div>RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell went along to the Forth Valley Sensory Centre in Falkirk to learn more about a robot called Pepper.</div> <div>If you'd like to keep up to date on the progress of this project, including a new Smart cane, info will be updated via the sensory centre's website <a href="http://www.forthvalleysensorycentre.org">www.forthvalleysensorycentre.org</a> </div> <div>#RNIBConnect<br> Image: Quigley, Allan's Guide sitting to the right of Pepper, Pepper's a white Humanoid robot from Glasgow University holding Quigley's lead</div>