Projects

Vision4Blind

Date: Apr. 2023 - Apr. 2026
Description: In this project, the focus is to develop a Vision-Language Navigation (VLN) system and a Visual-Question-Answering (VQA) user interface that aligns with the needs of visually impaired and blind people, and examines their preferences, needs and concerns with respect to the technology. Given a natural language interactive question by users, a mobile agent answers based on scene understanding or suggests a series of instructions to support the orientation and navigation of blind users.
Site: ICCV2023 Vision4Blind Homepage

Accessible Maps

Date: Sep. 2019 - Dec. 2022
Description: The project Accessible Maps aims to make indoor mobility more accessible for people with disabilities in the occupational context through the providence of accessible, individual building and floor plans, enriched with accessibility information.
Site: Accessible Maps