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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsJun Yokono, Kohtaro Sabe, Gabriel Costa, Takeshi Ohashi
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A robot apparatus (1) includes leg blocks (3A to 3D), head block (4), etc. as a moving part (16), a motion controller (102), learning unit (103), prediction unit (104) and a drive unit (105). When the moving part (106), any of the blocks, is operated from outside, the learning unit (103) learns a time-series signal generated due to the external operation. The motion controller (102) and drive unit (105) control together the moving part (106) based on a signal generated at the moving part (106) due to an external force applied to the robot apparatus (1) and a signal having already been learned by the learning unit (103) to make an action taught by the user. The prediction unit (105) predicts whether the moving part (106) makes the taught action according to the initial signal generated at the moving part (106) due to the applied external force. Thus, the robot apparatus (1) can learn an action taught by the user and determine an external force-caused signal to make the taught action.
A method of controlling the operation of a robot apparatus having a moving part, the method comprising steps of:
A program for controlling the operation of a robot apparatus, the program allowing a robot apparatus to execute steps of:
A recording medium having recorded therein a program for controlling the operation of the robot apparatus having a moving part, the program allowing the robot apparatus to execute steps of:
A robot apparatus having a moving part, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.