Method for controlling robot, robot, and recording medium
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Yahata
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Abstract
A robot detects, through a sensor, the location and movement direction of a user and an object near the user, sets a nearby ground area in front at the feet of the user according to the detected location and movement direction of the user, controls an illumination device in the robot to irradiate the nearby ground area with light while driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to accompany the user, specifies the type and the location of the detected object, and if the object is a dangerous object and is located ahead of the user, controls the illumination device to irradiate a danger area including at least a portion of the dangerous object with light in addition to irradiating the nearby ground area with light.
Claims9
A method for controlling a robot that accompanies a user, the method comprising:
- detecting, through at least one sensor included in the robot, a location and a movement direction of the user who is moving, and an object around the user;
- setting, based on the location and the movement direction of the user, a nearby ground area in front at the feet of the user;
- controlling an illumination device included in the robot to irradiate the nearby ground area with light while driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to accompany the user;
- specifying a type and a location of the detected object;
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- controlling, in a case where the object is a moving object and comes within a range of a prescribed distance from the user, the illumination device to irradiate a notification area with light in addition to irradiating the nearby ground area with light, the notification area being located on a road surface between the user and the moving object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.