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ACME: A Multi-Cultural, Multi-Embodiment Social-Navigation Dataset
Shashank Rao Marpally, Allan Wang, Atharva Ghotavadekar +35
Understanding how robots and humans move in shared spaces is essential for designing effective social robot navigation policies and predicting human behavior. However, existing dat…
Robot-Assisted Group Tours for Blind People
Yaxin Hu, Masaki Kuribayashi, Allan Wang +5
Group interactions are essential to social functioning, yet effective engagement relies on the ability to recognize and interpret visual cues, making such engagement a significant…
Touching Movement: 3D Tactile Poses for Supporting Blind People in Learning Body Movements
Kengo Tanaka, Xiyue Wang, Hironobu Takagi +2
Visual impairments create barriers to learning physical activities, since conventional training methods rely on visual demonstrations or often inadequate verbal descriptions. This…
How Does Delegation in Social Interaction Evolve Over Time? Navigation with a Robot for Blind People
Rayna Hata, Masaki Kuribayashi, Allan Wang +2
Autonomy and independent navigation are vital to daily life but remain challenging for individuals with blindness. Robotic systems can enhance mobility and confidence by providing…
More than One Step at a Time: Designing Procedural Feedback for Non-visual Makeup Routines
Franklin Mingzhe Li, Akihiko Oharazawa, Chloe Qingyu Zhu +4
Makeup plays a vital role in self-expression, identity, and confidence - yet remains an underexplored domain for assistive technology, especially for people with vision impairments…
Beyond Omakase: Designing Shared Control for Navigation Robots with Blind People
Rie Kamikubo, Seita Kayukawa, Yuka Kaniwa +4
Autonomous navigation robots can increase the independence of blind people but often limit user control, following what is called in Japanese an "omakase" approach where decisions…
WanderGuide: Indoor Map-less Robotic Guide for Exploration by Blind People
Masaki Kuribayashi, Kohei Uehara, Allan Wang +2
Blind people have limited opportunities to explore an environment based on their interests. While existing navigation systems could provide them with surrounding information while…
"We are at the mercy of others' opinion": Supporting Blind People in Recreational Window Shopping with AI-infused Technology
Rie Kamikubo, Hernisa Kacorri, Chieko Asakawa
Engaging in recreational activities in public spaces poses challenges for blind people, often involving dependency on sighted help. Window shopping is a key recreational activity t…