Development of a "smart harness" that understands the feelings of dogs and can accurately convey ideas of people is ongoing

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Dogs such as guide dogs, police dogs and disaster relief dogs are often given the role to support humans who can not be carried by other animals, and dogs that are obedient to humans are most trustworthy animals. However, although it is a dog which is a special animal that draws a line with other animals, it is not easy for humans to communicate, 100% to understand the feelings of dogs, 100% to convey human thoughts It is impossible. In order to facilitate communication with such dogs and deepen ties, we will use high-tech "Smart Harness"Has been developed.

New Tech Aims to Improve Communication Between Dogs and Humans | NC State News
http://news.ncsu.edu/2014/10/bozkurt-dogs-2014/

Weekly Innovation: Harness Could Allow Dogs, Humans To Communicate: All Tech Considered: NPR
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The research team of Dr. David Roberts of North Carolina State University is able to judge whether the dog relaxes or is stressful from the physiological condition such as the dog's heart rate and body temperature with eight sensors Hi tech harness Smart harness) is developing. The smart harness can grasp the state of the dog one by one and send it out to the outside with a radio signal, so you can grasp the feelings of the dog from a remote place.

In addition, because the smart harness incorporates a speaker and a vibration sensor, humans are able to convey appropriate instructions by voice and vibration, and it is possible to convey 100 kinds of different signals to the dog.


Dr. Roberts said, "Smart harnesses do not prevent communication with dogs, but on the contrary they can understand the feelings of dogs exactly, and from here we can communicate accurate instructions with voice and vibration so we can make deeper communication It is a tool to do "and talks about the effect of smart harness. According to Dr. Roberts, there is a present situation that police dogs and military dogs have difficulty in accurately understanding "boundaries" of what is accepted and what can not be accepted in training, but if smart harnesses are used, permission It can prevent dogs from getting confused as it can accurately communicate what is being told and what is not permitted by the "signal" of voice and vibration.

The prototype smart harness currently under development, the battery driving time is 8 hours, it is possible to install cameras and various sensors as options. However, it is 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms) in weight and bulky, so it can only be attached to a large dog. In order to be able to use even small dogs in the future, it is an issue to make the smart harness smaller and lighter in the future.

ByBrian Snelson

If the technology of smart harness developed by Dr. Roberts will evolve as a wearable device in the future, police dogs and disaster relief dogs can be used not only for special training but also for pets as a tool that can deepen communication with dogs It is possible to expect.