Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

An information processing method comprising:

• by a processor, estimating circumstances in relation to an autonomous mobile object using sensor information collected from the autonomous mobile object;
• by the processor, planning a behavior of the autonomous mobile object based on the estimated circumstances;
• and
• by the processor, transmitting control sequence data for causing the autonomous mobile object to implement the planned behavior,
• wherein the planning includes, based on the circumstances that are estimated and multiple sets of needs that are opposed to each other, determining the behavior to be executed by the autonomous mobile object,
• wherein the determined behavior of the autonomous mobile object includes a visual expression related to eyeball operations being performed sequentially before performing subsequent operations related to other parts of the autonomous mobile object, and
• wherein an amount and a type of the subsequent operations related to the other parts of the autonomous mobile object are determined based on a distance between a user and the autonomous mobile object.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

• causing the computer to function as an information processing apparatus comprising a behavior planner configured to plan a behavior of an autonomous mobile object;
• estimating circumstances in relation to the autonomous mobile object using sensor information collected from the autonomous mobile object;
• planning the behavior of an autonomous mobile object based on the estimated circumstances;
• and
• transmitting control sequence data for causing the autonomous mobile object to implement the planned behavior,
• wherein the planning includes, based on the circumstances that are estimated and multiple sets of needs that are opposed to each other, determining the behavior to be executed by the autonomous mobile object,
• wherein the determined behavior of the autonomous mobile object includes a visual expression related to eyeball operations being performed sequentially before performing subsequent operations related to other parts of the autonomous mobile object, and
• wherein an amount and a type of the subsequent operations related to the other parts of the autonomous mobile object are determined based on a distance between a user and the autonomous mobile object.