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Vietnamese agile robot guide dog makes its Paralympic debut, lighting up accessible travel with the power of technology
2025-12-15
At the technology assisted disability exhibition area of the 2026 Paralympic Games in Guangzhou, an innovative product that combines advanced robotics technology and accessibility concepts became the focus. The intelligent guided robot system jointly developed by Yuejia Lingdong and Huazhong University of Science and Technology completed its first public demonstration at this international event. This product has passed multiple rounds of rigorous environmental adaptability testing, reflecting the long-term cooperation achievements of both parties in core technology fields such as intelligent perception, motion planning, and human-computer interaction. This exhibition symbolizes that artificial intelligence assisted devices are transitioning from laboratory research to practical application, providing innovative solutions for the construction of a socially inclusive environment. The combination of technological temperature and humanistic spirit. The Paralympic Games, as an important platform for showcasing human resilience and social inclusiveness, also provides a unique scene for showcasing the value of technological innovation. Yuejia Lingdong and Huazhong University of Science and Technology have chosen to showcase their intelligent guided robot system at this node, based on their shared technological values - to truly benefit those in need with innovative technology. In the exhibition area that simulates real urban environments, the system smoothly demonstrates multiple abilities such as autonomous movement, real-time obstacle avoidance, complex terrain passing, and environmental perception interaction, presenting a seamless connection from theoretical research to practical application, allowing visitors to personally experience how technology can truly change their lives. The technical solution to improve the autonomous mobility of visually impaired people by solving practical problems. Faced with specific challenges such as environmental recognition difficulties, emergency response, and information reception limitations encountered by visually impaired groups in daily movement, the R&D team has built a comprehensive technical response system: • Full scene navigation adaptability: Through multi-sensor data fusion, the system can construct high-precision spatial maps in different lighting conditions and terrain environments, and continuously plan the optimal travel route. In the demonstration, the device successfully completed the entire process guidance from indoor to outdoor, from flat areas to complex terrain. Dynamic environment intelligent response: The obstacle recognition system based on machine learning can accurately distinguish between various static facilities and dynamic objects, and adopt differentiated response strategies. When facing sudden obstacles, the system's decision-making delay is extremely low, providing reliable guarantees for user safety. • Natural human-computer interaction experience: The device can not only understand voice commands, but also actively transmit environmental information through voice broadcasting. The integrated tactile prompt system provides physical guidance at key decision points, forming comprehensive interactive support. The effective path for promoting the development of the intelligent assistive device industry through deep collaboration between industry, academia, and research. The intelligent guided robot system unveiled this time demonstrates an efficient collaboration mode of "clear industry needs, academic research support, and rapid product iteration". Huazhong University of Science and Technology's profound accumulation in fields such as robot control and environmental perception provides solid theoretical support for its products; The professional capabilities of Yuejia Lingdong in engineering implementation, product design, and system integration ensure the smooth transformation of technology. This close collaborative relationship not only accelerates the maturity process of a single product, but also explores an effective path from theoretical breakthroughs to practical applications for the entire field of auxiliary technology. The demonstration of the intelligent guided robot system, which is the technological foundation for building an inclusive environment from concept verification to social application, at the Paralympic Games is an important milestone in its service to society. The value of this system is not only reflected in assisting individual actions, but also in promoting the upgrading of society's understanding of accessible environments. In the future, both parties plan to expand their cooperation to more application scenarios, including community life support, public transportation guidance, public service facility navigation, and other fields. Meanwhile, the universality of its core technology also provides the possibility for widespread applications such as elderly mobility assistance and emergency guidance. With the advancement of technology and the expansion of application scenarios, assistive technology products represented by intelligent guided robots will gradually evolve from replacing some human assistance to becoming an important support for enhancing the autonomy of special groups' lives and promoting social equality and inclusiveness. This process requires multi-party collaboration of technological innovation, policy support, and social awareness. Yuejia Lingdong and Huazhong University of Science and Technology are providing feasible technical solutions and practical experience for the realization of this goal through practical cooperation practices.