Robot failure diagnosing system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYoshihiro Kuroki
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Abstract
A robot failure diagnosing system in which sound input by the user is interpreted/recognized by a command recognizing section in order to notify a request for a diagnosis to a self-diagnosis section. For example, the user can input a command which prompts a self-diagnosis operation in the form of a natural communication, such as by saying, “Perform a self-diagnosis operation,” and by asking, “How do you feel, robot?” With respect to this, the robot can indicate the self-diagnosis result in the form of a natural conversation, such as by saying, “I'm not feeling well,” “My leg hurts,” and “I'm hungry.” The robot failure diagnosing system performs a self-diagnosis of a failure or abnormality in a system, and feeds back the diagnosis result to the user.
Claims13
A robot failure diagnosing system which comprises a plurality of joint actuators, the system further comprising:
- request input means for inputting a request for a failure diagnosis thereto;
- measuring means for measuring the state of at least one of the plurality of joint actuators inside of a robot;
- diagnosing means for diagnosing the failure of the robot in response to the request for a failure diagnosis which has been input to the request input means;
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- diagnosis result outputting means for outputting a failure diagnosis result given by the diagnosing means to anything outside the system.
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