Autonomously acting robot
AssigneeGroove X, Inc.
InventorKaname HAYASHI
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Abstract
A robot includes a body, a wheel having a ground contacting surface when moving, and a wheel drive mechanism that drives the wheel so as to advance from a housing space provided in the body to an exterior and withdraw. The wheel drive mechanism causes the wheel to withdraw to the housing space in a non-ground contacting state when a housing condition is satisfied. The body has a ground contacting bottom face that comes into contact with the ground when the wheel is housed in the housing space in a non-ground contacting state.
Claims20
An autonomously acting robot, comprising:
- a body;
- a movement mechanism having a surface configured to contact the ground during movement;
- a sensor configured to detect a state of at least one of an interior of the autonomously acting robot or an exterior surrounding the autonomously acting robot;
- a processor configured to execute instructions for determining whether a housing condition is satisfied based on the detected state;
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- a drive mechanism configured to cause the movement mechanism to withdraw into the body in response to the housing condition being satisfied.
An autonomously acting robot, comprising:
- a body;
- a sensor configured to detect a state of at least one of an interior of the autonomously acting robot or an exterior surrounding the autonomously acting robot;
- a processor configured to execute instructions for:
- determining whether the autonomously acting robot has been lifted or hugged;
- measuring a continuous time of the lifting or hugging;
- determining whether a preset drive condition is satisfied based on the detected state;
- a drive mechanism configured to adjust a posture of the body during the autonomously acting robot being lifted or hugged in response to the continuous time exceeding a threshold regardless of the detected state.
An autonomously acting robot, comprising:
- a body;
- a processor configured to execute instructions for determining whether the autonomously acting robot has been lifted or hugged;
- a temperature sensor configured to detect an internal temperature of the body;
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- a drive mechanism configured to adjust a posture of the body in response to a determination that the robot has been lifted or hugged and a drive condition being satisfied;
- wherein the drive condition is satisfied in response to the internal temperature of the body exceeding a preset threshold or in response to a determination that the internal temperature of the body will exceed the preset threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.