Apparatus for controlling mobile robot
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaohide Ogawa, Masaki Aihara
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Abstract
In an apparatus for controlling a mobile robot having movement mechanisms and work mechanisms both connected to a body, a battery connectable to an external power supply through a charging connector, actuators powered by the battery to drive the mechanisms, and a controller for controlling an action of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms through the actuators, the controller comprises a connector connection determiner to determine whether the charging connector is connected to the external power supply and an action restrictor to restrict one of the actions of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms performed through the actuators when the external power supply is determined to be connected.
Claims10
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 battery connectable to an external power supply through a charging connector, a plurality of actuators powered by the battery to drive 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 connector connection determiner that determines whether the charging connector is connected to the external power supply;
- and
- an action restrictor that restricts one of the actions of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms performed through the actuators when the external power supply is determined to be connected.
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 battery connectable to an external power supply through a charging connector, a plurality of actuators powered by the battery to drive 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:
- determining whether the charging connector is connected to the external power supply;
- and
- restricting one of the actions of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms performed through the actuators when the external power supply is determined to be connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.