Autonomously acting robot
AssigneeGroove X, Inc.
InventorKaname Hayashi
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Abstract
A robot includes a body, a wheel having a ground contacting surface when moving, and a wheel drive mechanism that drives the wheel so as to advance from a housing space provided in the body to an exterior and withdraw. The wheel drive mechanism causes the wheel to withdraw to the housing space in a non-ground contacting state when a housing condition is satisfied. The body has a ground contacting bottom face that comes into contact with the ground when the wheel is housed in the housing space in a non-ground contacting state.
Claims17
An autonomously acting robot, comprising:
- a body;
- a movement mechanism having a surface configured to contact a floor supporting the body during movement;
- a sensor configured to detect a state of at least one of an interior of the autonomously acting robot or an exterior surrounding the autonomously acting robot;
- a processor configured to execute instructions for determining whether a housing condition is satisfied based on the detected state, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the housing condition is satisfied in response to a user being detected to be within a predetermined proximity to the sensor;
- and
- a drive mechanism configured to cause the movement mechanism to withdraw into the body in response to the housing condition being satisfied, wherein the withdrawn movement mechanism is in a non-contact state with the floor.
An autonomously acting robot, comprising:
- a body;
- a sensor configured to detect a state of at least one of an interior of the autonomously acting robot or an exterior surrounding the autonomously acting robot;
- a processor configured to execute instructions for:
- determining whether the autonomously acting robot is dropping;
- detecting the posture of the robot during the dropping;
- and
- setting a specific region of the robot as an approach point;
- and
- a drive mechanism configured to activate a movement mechanism to be outside the body in response to the determination that the autonomously acting robot is dropping and the movement mechanism being within the body.
An autonomously acting robot, comprising:
- a body;
- a processor configured to execute instructions for:
- determining whether the autonomously acting robot is dropping,
- detecting a posture of the robot during the dropping, and
- setting a specific region of the robot as an approach point;
- and
- a drive mechanism configured to activate a movement mechanism to be outside the body in response to the determination that the autonomously acting robot is dropping and the movement mechanism being within the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.