Thursday, 06 May 2021 04:18 PM MYT
The “e-Guide Dog” is equipped with laser scanners that detect when an obstacle is in the way. It can also be programmed with preset routes that will give its user directions within a 1m level of accuracy. It’s a role that guide dogs cannot perform, and a challenge that had particularly troubled Dallon Au, 21, whose cataract left him with only partial vision in his left eye from birth.
The e-Guide Dog was developed by a team of more than six NYP students across several semesters who were led by Dr Kong Wai Ming, lead specialist of the biomedical engineering and materials group at the polytechnic’s School of Engineering. In his speech, Dr Maliki said the project was an example of what NYP stands for — “innovation and enterprise, anchored in service to those around us”.“If there’s an object above the ground, like a sign board we will walk into it, definitely,” he said.
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