Title:
METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT, ROBOT, AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/138476
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This robot: detects, via a sensor, a user's location and direction of movement as well as an object in the user's periphery; identifies the type and location of the detected object; if the object is a hazard and is located in the user's direction of movement, determines a relative position at which the robot should be located with respect to the user to be a guidance location that is in front of the user and is in a different direction than the direction of movement; drives at least a pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to move to the guidance location; drives the at least the pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to escort the user at the guidance location; and guides the user to change the direction of movement.
Inventors:
YAHATA HIROSHI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2021/046670
Publication Date:
June 30, 2022
Filing Date:
December 17, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B25J5/00; B25J13/00; G05D1/02; G08B21/02; G08B25/04; H04M11/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2018074069A1 | 2018-04-26 |
Foreign References:
| JP2008307658A | 2008-12-25 | |||
| JP2019079248A | 2019-05-23 | |||
| JP2007264950A | 2007-10-11 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KAMATA Kenji et al. (JP)
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