Title:
AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL ROBOT UNDERSTANDING PHYSICAL CONTACT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2019072495
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a robot autonomously selecting behavior according to an internal state or external environment.SOLUTION: A robot 100 includes a planar touch sensor (a capacitance sensor) 400 for detecting a contact of a user with a body surface. The robot determines comfort/discomfort according to a contact part and contact intensity of the touch sensor. Behavioral characteristics of the robot are changed in response to the determination result. A sense of intimacy to the user coming into contact with the robot is changed according to the comfort/discomfort. The robot has a soft body 104 with a curved shape.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
HAYASHI KANAME
Application Number:
JP2018204202A
Publication Date:
May 16, 2019
Filing Date:
October 30, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GROOVE X INC
International Classes:
A63H11/00; A63H3/40; A63H13/04; A63H30/02; B25J5/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent corporation Interbrain