Robot control method, robot, and recording medium

A method for controlling a robot in a robot control system including a server that communicates with the robot of a user, the method comprising:

• acquiring, from an external computer, request information indicating a request for the robot to keep within a prescribed distance relative to a location of the user of the robot and to collect surrounding information about the user when the user is outside a prescribed area including a home of the user;
• acquiring, from the robot, event information indicating that the user of the robot has moved outside the prescribed area including the home of the user while accompanying the robot, the event information being generated by the robot on a basis of i) map information that is stored in the robot, ii) location information and iii) confirmation information, wherein i) the map information indicates the home of the user, ii) the location information indicates the location of the robot, and iii) the confirmation information indicates that the robot is near the user on a basis of detection by the robot;
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• transmitting, to the robot on a basis of the event information, a command for changing a setting of the robot from a first specification to a second specification in response to the request, wherein the first specification enables the robot to collect the surrounding information about the user inside the prescribed area including the home of the user, and the second specification enables the robot to collect the surrounding information about the user moving outside the prescribed area including the home of the user.

A method for controlling a robot in a robot control system including a server that communicates with a robot of a user and stores map information indicating a home of the user, the method comprising:

• acquiring, from the robot, location information indicating a location of the robot and confirmation information indicating that the robot is near the user;
• outputting the map information, the location information, and the confirmation information to an external computer;
• acquiring, from the external computer, request information indicating a request for the robot to keep within a prescribed distance relative to a location of the user and to collect surrounding information about the user when the user of the robot is outside a prescribed area including the home of the user, the request information being acquired from the external computer in a case where it is determined at the external computer, on a basis of the map information, the location information, and the confirmation information, that the user of the robot has moved outside the prescribed area including the home of the user while accompanying the robot;
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• transmitting, to the robot on a basis of the request, a command for changing a setting of the robot from a first specification to a second specification, the first specification enabling the robot to collect the surrounding information about the user inside the prescribed area including the home of the user, and the second specification enabling the robot to collect the surrounding information about the user moving outside the prescribed area including the home of the user.

A method for controlling a robot in a robot control system including a server that communicates with a robot of a user, the method comprising:

• acquiring, from the robot, event information indicating that the user of the robot has moved outside a prescribed area including the home of the user while accompanying the robot, the event information being generated by the robot on a basis of i) map information that is stored in the robot, ii) location information and iii) confirmation information, wherein i) the map information indicates the home of the user, ii) the location information indicates the location of the robot, and iii) the confirmation information indicates that the robot is near the user on a basis of detection by the robot;
• outputting the event information to the external computer;
• acquiring, from the external computer in response to the event information, request information indicating a request for the robot to keep within a prescribed distance relative to a location of the user and to collect surrounding information about the user when the user of the robot is outside the prescribed area including the home of the user;
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• transmitting, to the robot on a basis of the request, a command for changing a setting of the robot from a first specification to a second specification, the first specification enabling the robot to collect the surrounding information about the user inside the prescribed area including the home of the user, and the second specification enabling the robot to collect the surrounding information about the user moving outside the prescribed area including the home of the user.

A method for controlling a robot that communicates with an external computer, using map information indicating a home of a user, the method comprising:

• acquiring, from the external computer, request information indicating a request for the robot to keep within a prescribed distance relative to a location of the user of the robot and to collect surrounding information about the user when the user is outside a prescribed area including the home of the user;
• acquiring, on a basis of at least one internal sensor of the robot, location information indicating a location of the robot and confirmation information indicating that the robot is near the user;
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• changing a setting of the robot from a first specification to a second specification in response to the request in a case where it is determined, on a basis of the map information, the location information, and the confirmation information, that the user of the robot is accompanying the robot outside the prescribed area including the home of the user, wherein the first specification enables the robot to collect the surrounding information about the user inside the prescribed area including the home of the user, and the second specification enables the robot to collect the surrounding information about the user outside the prescribed area including the home of the user.