V.I.G.E.R.

V.I.G.E.R. project consists of the design and the development of a Visual Impaired Guide Enhanced Robot.

The starting idea came from daily needs of visual impaired and blind friends.

The final project scope is the production of a robot having the following features:

• going up and down stairs
• avoiding obstacles
• Wi-Fi data exchange with mobile devices
• direct or mobile devices driven global positioning system enhanced geolocation
• direct or mobile devices driven indoor positioning
• direct or mobile devices driven point of interest system
• best path choice with learning system (depending on: end user needs, weather condition, unforeseen architectural barriers, etc.)
• direct or mobile devices driven text to speech and speech recognition
• direct or mobile devices driven Braille devices support
• full daily duration of rechargeable batteries