Method for controlling robot, robot, and recording medium
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Yahata
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Abstract
A method includes: detecting, through a sensor, a location and a movement direction of the user and an object around the user; specifying the type and the location of the detected object; if the object is a dangerous object and is located in the movement direction of the user, setting a relative position where the robot is to be located relative to the user to a lead position ahead of the user and in a direction different from the movement direction; driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to move to the lead position; and driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to accompany the user in the lead position and induce a change in the movement direction of the user.
Claims9
A method for controlling a robot that accompanies a user, the method comprising:
- presetting, by an input from the user, a standard relative position where the robot is to be positioned relative to the user by default;
- detecting, through at least one sensor included in the robot, a location and a movement direction of the user who is moving;
- driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to accompany the user in the standard relative position;
- specifying, through the at least one sensor, a type and a location of an object around the user while the robot is accompanying the user;
- setting, in a case where the object is a dangerous object and is located in the movement direction of the user, a next relative position where the robot is to be positioned relative to the user as a lead position that is located ahead of the user and guides the user in a direction along a travel route that distances away from the dangerous object for avoiding the dangerous object;
- driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to move from the standard relative position to the lead position;
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- driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to lead the user in the lead position and induce a change in the movement direction of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.