In short: A robot 'guide dog' could be the answer to a shortage of traditional canine helpers for visually impaired people. A team at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai developed the robot, recognising ...

Since the early 1900s, dogs have helped people who are blind or have low vision to navigate their world. Now, in a very 21st century twist, seeing-eye dogs have gone robotic and added a skill that not ...