Apparatus for controlling mobile robot
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaohide Ogawa, Katsuyoshi Watari, Kaoru Toba
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Abstract
In an apparatus for controlling a mobile robot having movement mechanisms and work mechanisms both connected to a body, actuators for driving them, and a controller for controlling an action of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms through the actuators, the controller comprises a person detector to detect a person located in a vicinity of the robot, a position determiner to determine whether the position of the detected person is within a first range or a second range, and a regulator to regulate the actions of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms when the position of the detected person is determined to be within the first range or the second range.
Claims14
An apparatus for controlling a mobile robot having a body, movement mechanisms for walking operation and work mechanisms for working operation both connected to the body, a plurality of actuators for driving the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms, and a controller for controlling an action of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms through the actuators,
- wherein the controller comprises:
- a person detector that detects a person located in a vicinity of the robot;
- a position determiner that determines whether a position of the detected person is within a first range defined based on a length of the work mechanisms of the robot, or a second range defined based on a gravity length of the robot;
- and
- a regulator that regulates the actions of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms when the position of the detected person is determined to be within the first range or the second range.
A method for controlling a mobile robot having a body, movement mechanisms for walking operation and work mechanisms for working operation both connected to the body, a plurality of actuators for driving the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms, and a controller for controlling an action of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms through the actuators, comprising the steps of:
- detecting a person located in a vicinity of the robot;
- determining whether a position of the detected person is within a first range defined based on a length of the work mechanisms of the robot, or a second range defined based on a gravity length of the robot;
- and
- regulating the actions of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms when the position of the detected person is determined to be within the first range or the second range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.