Sensors Teach Dogs New Tricks
From: Tech Briefs - 05/02/2016

A team from North Carolina State University has developed and customized a
suite of technologies that allows a computer to train a dog autonomously.
Sensors in the custom harness monitor a dog's posture, and the computer
effectively responds based on the animal's body language.

Each harness also incorporates a small, card-sized computer that transmits
the sensor data wirelessly.

Next steps include teaching dogs to perform specific behaviors on cue, and
integrating computer-assisted training and human-directed training for use in
various service dog applications.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/1198-ntb/news/news/24603-sensors-teach-dogs-new-tricks

Links:
New Tech Uses Hardware, Software to Train Dogs More Efficiently
https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/05/dog-training-tech-2016

New Tech Aims to Improve Communication Between Dogs and Humans
https://news.ncsu.edu/2014/10/bozkurt-dogs-2014

Balancing Noise Sensitivity, Response Latency, and Posture Accuracy for a
  Computer-Assisted Canine Posture Training System
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581916300209

David Roberts
https://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/robertsd
https://www.csc.ncsu.edu/people/dlrober4