A team of students at Arizona State University’s Fulton School of Engineering recently took “First Prize” at a competition in China, hosted by Intel.
The ASU team assembled a prototype of a robot, which is programmed to recognize dangers and act as an assistant for blind people. Robots could provide a cheaper, safer alternative to seeing-eye dogs in the future.
Teams from around the world competed in the engineering challenge, known as the Intel Cup.
“We just want to make people’s lives as easy as possible,” Stephen Lockhart, an ASU senior, said.