Guido features & functionality

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These sensors enable Guido to identify landmarks and decision points in the environment - such as obstacles, doorways and corridors. </div> <div> Position sensors monitor the wheels and keep track of where Guido has moved. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 41 WIDTH="90"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="41" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="90" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="511"><div> <B>Guido uses artificial intelligence to support the user's decision-making</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 179 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0494b4b0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0474b4b0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="511"><div> Handlebar sensors sense the user's steer and set Guido's direction.</div> <div> Steering motors move the front wheels in response to the sensors' and user's input and ensure that Guido's movement is smooth and refined.</div> <div> Three on-board computers process and control the interaction between Guido and the user.</div> <div> Using artificial intelligence, Guido fuses all the information it is getting from the sensors, the user and the device. Using this data, Guido finds and navigates the safest path to the user's goal - and decides on how and when it needs to give the user information about the directional options and the environment.</div> <div>  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 22 WIDTH="90"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="22" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="90" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Guido interacts with the user for safe navigation</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 261 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04b4b4b0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0434b4b0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="511"><div> Guido is constantly going through a sensing, planning, interacting cycle to ensure that the user navigates safely and gets the right information at the right time in the right way. The user is always in control of the direction of the device - unless they are in danger: if Guido senses a potential collision, it will gently guide the user away.</div> <div> Via the speaker, Guido provides voice messages about the device, environment and user options in a coherent and useful way. The on-board computer selects the most appropriate message to send to the user and even considers the timing of the message so that it doesn't come too early or too late.</div> <div> An ergonomically designed console presents an easy-to-use intuitive interface including a key switch, a volume control and a mode control to select the mode of operation: park, automatic or manual. </div> <div> Red `turn-on-the-spot' buttons enable the user to turn Guido on its own axis - and get out of tight corners safely. </div> <div> Although Guido stops when the user stops - or when it meets an obstruction, mechatronic brakes ensure the user feels in control at all times.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 56 WIDTH="90"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="56" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="90" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="511"><bR> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guido technology">For more on the technology in Guido, click here >>></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2_how_it_works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guido smart walker">Back to </A><A HREF="id2_how_it_works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guido smart walker"><I>how it works, </I></A><A HREF="id2_how_it_works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guido smart walker">click here >>></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>