Robot apparatus for supporting user's actions

A robot apparatus comprising:

• a body having an auto-movement mechanism;
• a sensor that is provided on the body and senses a surrounding condition;
• a memory unit that stores schedule information indicative of a user identifier for designating one of a plurality of users, an action that is to be done by the user designated by the user identifier, and an event that is a start condition for the action;
• a monitor unit that executes a monitor operation for detecting occurrence of the event, using the auto-movement mechanism and the sensor;
• and
• a support process execution unit that executes, when the occurrence of the event is detected by the monitor unit, a support process, based on the schedule information, for supporting the user's action corresponding to the event whose occurrence is detected, with respect to the user designated by the user identifier corresponding to the event whose occurrence is detected.

A robot apparatus comprising:

• means for storing schedule information indicative of a user identifier for designating one of a plurality of users, an action that is to be done by the user designated by the user identifier, and a start condition for the action;
• means for determining whether a condition designated by the start condition is established;
• and
• means for executing, when the condition designated by the start condition is established, a support process, based on the schedule information, for supporting the user's action corresponding to the established start condition with respect to the user designated by the user identifier corresponding to the established start condition.