BUDD-e: An autonomous robotic guide for visually impaired users
This paper describes the design and the realization of a prototype of the novel guide robot BUDD-e for visually impaired users. The robot has been tested in a real scenario with the help of visually disabled volunteers at ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, in Milan. The results of the experimental campaign are throughly described in the paper, displaying its remarkable performance and user-acceptance.
Authors
- Luca Mozzarelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5602-0292)
- Emanuele Lettieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1235-989X)
- Marcello Farina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4209-9152)
- Giuseppe Andreoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5537-4128)
- Jinyang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2747-4316)
- Matteo Corno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-7487)
- Panita Rattamasanaprapai
- Eleonora A. Tagarelli
- L. Cattaneo
- Paolo Perego
Institutions
- Politecnico di Milano (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Control Engineering Practice
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2026.106854
- Primary Topic
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00