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Galleries // 2019 Spark:Spring Student // SOVI
SOVI
Finalist
Competition: Spark:Spring Student
Designer: Ki-young Ko
Design Type: product
Company / Organization / School: Korea Polytechnics Jeju
Team Members: Ki-young Ko, Sung-yool Hur, Sung-min Kim, Sa-rang Kim, Ha-neul Kim & Young-woo Park
SOVI is an artificial intelligence robot that will be the new eye for blind people. It is equipped with navigation and GPS functions so that blind people can easily find unfamiliar roads. In addition, the front camera continuously scans the blind person's surroundings and provides useful information to the blind. The rear camera is used to check the location and status of the blind people. The neckband, which comes with SOVI, is connected to the SOVI and provides voice guidance and vibration to the blind people to tell them where the SOVI is located or where it is headed and to help them avoid hazards explored by SOVI. With the above functions, SOVI makes the lives of blind people even more enriching.
