An intelligent navigation assistance device including a mobility device (e.g., a walking staff, a walker, a wheelchair) configured with input component(s) to receive user input, environment component(s) to detect objects or obstacles in the surrounding environment, panic component(s) to detect emergency situations or conditions, local computing device(s) to process information and facilitate communication/control with/of mobile computing device(s) (including access to resources of the mobile computing device, e.g., GPS receiver, route mapping applications, telecommunications capabilities), and feedback component(s) to convey information to users via one or more prompt to the user.
