POSTED: 02 Nov, 2023
Super exciting that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has featured the Robotic Guide Dog project by QUT (Queensland University of Technology) undergraduate students, Santiago Velasquez and Jarrod Fisher!
Santiago and Jarrod are both co-supervised by our Centre Director Jonathan Roberts, and QUT Professor Matthew Dunbabin.
In the interview, Santiago, vision impaired himself and a guide dog user, talks about how important it has been to include others with vision impairment as part of the research to give feedback and help co-design future robot guide dogs.
Read more HERE!

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