ROBOT−PHONE

WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/061916

A1

A robot−phone enabling human communication by synchronizing shapes, motions, and positions of a plurality of robots located at a distance from one another. The robot−phone is used as a user interface and includes a robot of a stuffed doll having a movable portion at a part of the body, a microphone (11) for communication, a loudspeaker (12), a drive portion (13) for driving the movable portion, a position information sensor (14) for acquiring position information of the movable portion, and a communication connection unit (16). The communication connection unit transmits a speech signal from the microphone to a communication partner via a communication line, reproduces the speech signal received from the communication partner in the loudspeaker, transmits a signal indicating the position of the movable position from the position information sensor to the communication partner, receives position information corresponding to the movable portion from the communication partner, and transmits this to the drive unit. The drive u nit drives the movable portion according to the received position information. Communication can also be performed by gesture of the robot in addition to speech.

SEKIGUCHI DAIROKU (JP)
INAMI MASAHIKO (JP)
KAWAKAMI NAOKI (JP)
KAWABUCHI ICHIRO (JP)
TACHI SUSUMU (JP)

PCT/JP2002/009335

July 31, 2003

September 12, 2002

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CT FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE & TECH (JP)
SEKIGUCHI DAIROKU (JP)
INAMI MASAHIKO (JP)
KAWAKAMI NAOKI (JP)
KAWABUCHI ICHIRO (JP)
TACHI SUSUMU (JP)

A63H3/28; H04M1/02; (IPC1-7): B25J3/00; B25J5/00; H04M1/00; H04M11/00

JPH08318479A	1996-12-03
JP2001198865A	2001-07-24

Ohki, Kenichi (15-1-205 Yushima 2-chom, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, JP)

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