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Embodied AI Can Close the Nonverbal Communication Gap for Blind Individuals
UMD’s Huaishu Peng and Ge Gao collaborating with Cornell’s Malte Jung, are developing an AI-infused, touch-based and audio feedback device that can convey physical cues between blind and sighted co-workers that might previously have gone unnoticed.
Jung, Peng and Gao Receive AI Seed Funding
Cornell’s Malte Jung and UMD’s Huaishu Peng and Ge Gao were awarded a TRAILS seed grant to explore trust building in embodied artificial intelligence systems.
TRAILS Announces First Round of Seed Funding
The eight funded projects, totaling just over $1.5 million, will advance cutting-edge research and scholarship that spans AI design, development and governance.