The document discusses an artificial intelligence-supported machine vision system designed to assist visually impaired individuals by detecting text and converting it into sound, thereby improving their quality of life. Developed by Şevket Sakinç, the system is intended for mass production to help users navigate daily environments such as markets and public transport. Additionally, the document mentions an ongoing robotics competition organized by Bahçeşehir University, showcasing various robotic projects aimed at aiding human tasks.

1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORTED
MACHINE VISION SYSTEM FOR THE
VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Tuğçe ARSLAN

2. A
s human beings, we all live in a
world based on visual information.
Visual information is used for many
functions, such as adapting to our envi-
ronment, identifying objects in our envi-
ronment, alerting us to significant events
that require our attention, engaging in
social interactions, and working efficiently
in daily life. Therefore, vision loss drasti-
cally reduces the quality of life and poses
a severe challenge in everyday work for
millions of visually impaired individuals
worldwide. It also has a significant eco-
nomic impact on society. Therefore, it is
not surprising that numerous approaches
and potential solutions designed to assist
the visually impaired and overcome these
challenges have been proposed. Today,
the most common rehabilitation tech-
niques for the blind are sensory aids such
as a Braille reading system, movement
aids such as walking sticks, or more mod-
ern devices such as obstacle detectors,
laser canes, or ultrasonic echolocation
devices.
In contrast, new-generation sensory
aids go one step further by aiming to
deliver complete visual information about
the environment to the brain. Classical
vision restoration, surgical removal of the
cataract, or coping with glaucoma comes
to mind; At the same time, these methods
may not work for every visually impaired
person; the cause of every vision loss is
not treatable in this way. Vision resto-
ration in blindness due to other etiologies
such as congenital or late–onset degen-
eration of the retina or optic system has
only recently been addressed. The new
generation techniques used here are real-
ized with a bionic retina structure, which
we can define as neuroprostheses, trans-
mitting visual information directly to the
brain via optical pathways.
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3. Şevket Sakinç, who participated in the BAU Robotics Robot and Project Days with the Arti-
ficial Intelligence (AI)–supported eye he designed for the visually impaired, said that he devel-
oped the project to facilitate the lives of visually impaired people, whose numbers are increas-
ing rapidly in the world. The robot detects the surrounding texts, turns them into sound, and
transmits them to the user. While expressing that their goal is to start mass production, Sakinç
said they expect support.
BAU Robotics Robot and Project Days, organized by Bahçeşehir University for the 5th time
this year, started. Two hundred participants and 150 robots from 15 cities of Turkey partici-
pated in the races that started in the university’s South Campus and will last for two days. The
robots, which attract attention with their different features and are designed to make human life
more manageable, will compete in 5 different categories.
The competition, which allows students of all ages to exhibit their work and introduce their
robots, Mini Sumo, is organized into five categories: Line Follower, Terrain Robots, Robot Wars,
and Free Category. Providing information about the races, BAU Mechatronics Engineering 3rd
year student Arda Dizdaroğlu said that there were 200 participants in the competition, includ-
ing secondary school, high school, university, graduates, and teachers.
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4. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTED EYE DESIGNED FOR THE VISUALLY DISABLED
Şevket Sakinç, a graduate of Celal Bayar University Mechatronics Department, who par-
ticipated in the competition by designing an “Artificial Intelligence assisted eye for the visually
impaired,” stated that the robot detects the surrounding texts, turns them into sound, and trans-
mits them to the user. Noting that he detects matrix-based codes and sends them to the visually
impaired audibly, Sakinç said, “At the same time, he warns the person against the risks in
the environment. We worked with three visually impaired people while doing the project. We
made it possible for people to do many things simultaneously with a single camera without
making their lives difficult.”
THE PROJECT AIMS TO MAKE PEOPLE’S LIVES EASIER IN PLACES
SUCH AS MARKETS, BUS STOPS, HOSPITALS
Saying that they aim to facilitate the life of visually impaired people, Sakinç noted, “The
system detects and transmits audio to the visually impaired regardless of distance, with the
support of the guard code, so that they do not have difficulty while getting on public transport,
going to the hospital, shopping at the market or store. Our goal is to find investors for our proj-
ect and produce the system so that the visually impaired can use it” he said.
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