Miss Wang, a visually impaired person, touched the head of the "Guide Dog Path" and encouraged it, saying, "Take me to the booth!" The "Guide Dog Path" immediately made a sound, "Okay, I will take you to the booth, please follow me closely." This scene happened at the 2025 China International Welfare Expo and China International Rehabilitation Expo (hereinafter referred to as the "Welfare Expo"). From September 12th to 14th, the 2025 Welfare Expo with the theme of "Technology Empowerment, Shared Welfare" was held in Beijing, where many people with disabilities came to find their new life partners. At this year's Welfare Expo, numerous AI technology assisted disability products became the focus of people's attention. The "Guide Dog Alley" experienced by Aunt Wang is an intelligent electronic guide dog equipped with a laser radar and artificial intelligence model, developed by Professor Jiang Yueqiu's team at Shenyang University of Technology. It not only helps visually impaired people travel and achieve autonomous obstacle avoidance, but also has functions such as intelligent navigation in specific areas, facial recognition, AI voice dialogue, scene description, etc. We have put a lot of effort into device hardware and navigation algorithms. ”Yang Wei, a full-time teacher at the School of Equipment Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, pointed to a small square above the "Guide Dog Path" and said, "This is the fully threaded solid-state LiDAR we have equipped it with. Its scanning radius is up to 70 meters, which can improve the precision of scene recognition and assist in route planning." Yang Wei introduced that this electronic guide dog has a pair of "big eyes" - a depth camera, which can recognize faces through the camera from an upward perspective; At the "chin" position, there is an L1 laser radar installed to capture ground information. If radar and camera are compared to the "eyes" of a guide dog, then the locally deployed artificial intelligence model is its "brain". Through algorithms, the 'Guide Dog Path' can distinguish different obstacles and plan routes accordingly. Yang Wei explained that every step taken by this electronic guide dog is driven by its' intelligent brain ', making it more flexible and safer. According to data from the China Blind Association, there are currently over 17 million visually impaired individuals in China. But there are only over 400 guide dogs in the country, which is difficult to meet the needs of visually impaired people. The emergence of electronic guide dogs has made "one dog per person" possible. At this year's Welfare Expo, a large number of AI assisted disability products were showcased, with a wide range of categories, providing assistance to different needs groups such as visually impaired, hearing-impaired, and physically disabled. ”Zhang Hongtao, Deputy Director of the China Disabled Persons' Assistive Devices Center, introduced. For the majority of hearing-impaired individuals, barrier free communication has become a standard feature in their daily lives. When answering a phone call, the other person's voice will be converted into text in real time and appear on the screen. The words that hearing-impaired people want to say can also be typed, converted into speech, and sent out. At this year's Welfare Expo's "Innovation Product Launch Event for Assistive Devices", Liu Xiaojun, ESG Director of Honor Terminal Co., Ltd., brought the latest mobile hearing assistance function to the audience. The latest AI call function has achieved end-to-end voice to text conversion, which can be done 'without network conversion', making it more efficient and convenient. ”Liu Xiaojun said as he dialed the phone, "Even if I turn off the wireless network and mobile data, I can still achieve smooth voice to text conversion." Researching user needs is key to developing accessible products. Liu Xiaojun told reporters that during the preliminary research process, many hearing-impaired individuals hoped to review the content after the call ended to confirm whether their expression was accurate. Therefore, we have launched a call recording function. Users can not only save call information, but also obtain an AI generated summary. ”Liu Xiaojun said. The Huawei booth showcased a solution that allows visually impaired people to see the world. When visually impaired individuals call for "Xiaoyi" and open the video conversation page, "Xiaoyi" can engage in dialogue with visually impaired users, describing the colorful world in the lens through large-scale modeling technology. Zhang Hongtao told reporters that artificial intelligence technology has unprecedentedly expanded the living radius of people with disabilities and enhanced their ability to participate in social life. In the future, with the help of artificial intelligence technology, more and more disabled people are expected to overcome obstacles and have unlimited opportunities for development. ”Zhang Hongtao said. (New Society)