Navigation Agents for the Visually Impaired: A Sidewalk Simulator and Experiments

Martin Weiss, Simon Chamorro, Roger Girgis, Margaux Luck, Samira Ebrahimi Kahou, Joseph Paul Cohen, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, Doina Precup, Florian Golemo, Chris Pal

Abstract: Millions of blind and visually-impaired (BVI) people navigate urban environments everyday, using smartphones for high-level path-planning and white canes or guide dogs for local information. Howeve...