Hand-Worn Robotics to Help Blind and Visually Impaired Recognize Objects
From: Medical Design Technology - 12/16/2015

A hand-worn robotic device is being developed that will help millions of
blind and visually impaired people navigate past movable obstacles or assist
in their ability to pre-locate, pre-sense and grasp an object.

The technology will combine vision, tactile, force, temperature, and audio
sensors and actuators to help the wearer pre-sense an object - telling its
location, feeling its shape and size - and then grasp it.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/12/hand-worn-robotics-help-blind-and-visually-impaired-recognize-objects

Link:
Yantao Shen
https://www.unr.edu/ebme/people/shen