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Humanitarian Tech

Amos Miller builds AI robotic navigation device Glide for blind users

Assistive technology startup Glidance, founded by Amos Miller, has developed an AI-powered mobility device named Glide to assist blind and visually impaired people with navigation.

HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, written by our newsroom26 October 2026 at 17:560 views

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Seattle-based assistive technology startup Glidance has developed an artificial intelligence mobility aid called Glide to assist blind and low-vision individuals, The Economic Times reported. The company was founded by Amos Miller, who lost his sight in his 20s because of a genetic eye condition. [1]

According to The Economic Times, Glide is a two-wheeled, AI-powered device engineered to help users move through both indoor and outdoor environments. Miller previously led the development of Soundscape, a spatial-audio navigation application created for blind and visually impaired people during his time at Microsoft Research. [1]

Before launching Glidance, Miller also served as the chairman of the board at Guide Dogs for the Blind in the United Kingdom, The Economic Times reported. [1]

As HEROIC BREAKING NEWS reported earlier, other recent developments in sight technology include hands-free assistive glasses created by engineer David Sikharulidze to help visually impaired individuals in the United Kingdom using voice commands, speakers, and haptic vibration alerts. [5]

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In short

Amos Miller founded Glidance, a Seattle-based assistive technology startup.
Glide is a two-wheeled, AI-powered device designed to aid navigation indoors and outdoors.
Amos Miller lost his sight in his 20s due to a genetic eye condition.
Miller previously led the development of the Soundscape navigation app at Microsoft Research.

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[1]Meet Amos Miller, man who lost his sight in his 20s, built an AI-powered robot to help blind people navigaThe Economic Times, 18h ago (the report this story comes from)

Background

[2]Arthur Miller on Wikipedia
[3]Robotics on Wikipedia
[4]MIT engineers create paper thin robot powered by living muscle cells HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, 4d ago
[5]New assistive glasses launched for UK residents with sight loss HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, 5d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

Delhi University college offers AI vision devices to visually impaired studentsHumanitarian Tech, 3d ago
Andhra Loyola College trains visually impaired students in assistive techHumanitarian Tech, 4d ago
New assistive glasses launched for UK residents with sight lossHumanitarian Tech, 5d ago
MIT students develop CurbToCar app to guide visually impaired passengersHumanitarian Tech, 11d ago
Biological computer created from living cells controls a robotic dogMedical Breakthroughs, 21h ago

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