Wal-Mart Tests Robot Guide for the Blind
May 9, 2005
Wal-Mart is testing a robot created by Vladimir Kulyukin, an assistant professor of computer science at Utah State University and the director of the university’s Computer Science Assistive Technology Laboratory, that is intended to help blind shoppers get around the store and find the products they are looking for.
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