2 papers
cs.RO2026
GuideTWSI: A Diverse Tactile Walking Surface Indicator Dataset from Synthetic and Real-World Images for Blind and Low-Vision Navigation
Hochul Hwang, Soowan Yang, Anh N. H. Nguyen +6
Tactile Walking Surface Indicators (TWSIs) are safety-critical landmarks that blind and low-vision (BLV) pedestrians use to locate crossings and hazard zones. From our observation…
cs.RO2025
GuideNav: User-Informed Development of a Vision-Only Robotic Navigation Assistant For Blind Travelers
Hochul Hwang, Soowan Yang, Jahir Sadik Monon +4
While commendable progress has been made in user-centric research on mobile assistive systems for blind and low-vision (BLV) individuals, references that directly inform robot navi…