Robot control system, robot control method and user apparatus for robot control system

A robot control method for controlling a mobile robot having a situation detecting unit configured to detect surrounding situations of the robot, comprising:

• detecting a predetermined action of a user;
• detecting and analyzing a brain activity of the user to output a first action instruction from the user to the robot;
• and
• controlling the robot in accordance with the first action instruction, wherein
• the controlling the robot includes controlling the robot in accordance with a second action instruction different from the first action instruction when the predetermined action is detected while a user apparatus operates in a manner recognizable by the user based on signals detected by the situation detecting unit.

A user apparatus for a robot control system configured to operate in a manner recognizable by a user based on signals sent from an external robot and indicating surrounding situations of the robot, comprising:

• a communicating unit configured to receive the signals indicating the surrounding situations of the robot and configured to send a control signal to the robot;
• an action detecting unit configured to detect a predetermined action of the user;
• a brain activity detecting unit configured to detect a brain activity of the user;
• and
• a computing unit configured to analyze the brain activity of the user detected by the brain activity detecting unit to output a first action instruction from the user to the robot, wherein
• the computing unit further configured to output a second action instruction different from the first action instruction output by the computing unit to the communicating unit as the control signal, when the predetermined action is detected by the action detecting unit.