Robots Comprising Projectors For Projecting Images On Identified Projection Surfaces

A robot comprising:

• a housing;
• an electronic control unit coupled to the housing, wherein the electronic control unit comprises a non-transitory memory that stores a set of machine readable instructions and a processor for executing the machine readable instructions;
• a projector coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit;
• a movement mechanism coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit;
• and
• a camera coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit, wherein when executed by the processor, the machine readable instructions cause the robot to:
• identify a projection area using the camera;
• cause the movement mechanism to automatically move the robot to a position based on the identified projection area;
• and
• project an image on the identified projection area with the projector from the position.

A robot comprising:

• a housing;
• an electronic control unit coupled to the housing, wherein the electronic control unit comprises a non-transitory memory that stores a set of machine readable instructions and a processor for executing the machine readable instructions;
• a projector coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit;
• a movement mechanism coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit;
• a microphone coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit;
• and
• a camera coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit, wherein when executed by the processor, the machine readable instructions cause the robot to:
• recognize a human based on a mechanical vibration received by the microphone and transforming the mechanical vibration into a signal indicative of human speech that is transmitted to the electronic control unit;
• identify a projection area using the camera;
• cause the movement mechanism to automatically move the robot to a position based on the identified projection area;
• and
• project an image on the identified projection area with the projector from the position.