Legged robot, legged robot behavior control method, and storage medium
First Claim
1. A legged robot which operates in accordance with a predetermined action sequence, comprising:
- input means for detecting an external factor;
option providing means for providing changeable options concerning at least a portion of the action sequence;
input determination means for selecting an appropriate option from among the options provided by the option providing means in accordance with the external factor detected by the input means; and
action control means for performing the action sequence, which is changed in accordance with a determination result by the input determination means.
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Abstract
To provide a robot which autonomously forms and performs an action plan in response to external factors without direct command input from an operator.
When reading a story printed in a book or other print media or recorded in recording media or when reading a story downloaded through a network, the robot does not simply read every single word as it is written. Instead, the robot uses external factors, such as a change of time, a change of season, or a change in a user'"'"'s mood, and dynamically alters the story as long as the changed contents are substantially the same as the original contents. As a result, the robot can read aloud the story whose contents would differ every time the story is read.
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23 Claims
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1. A legged robot which operates in accordance with a predetermined action sequence, comprising:
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input means for detecting an external factor;
option providing means for providing changeable options concerning at least a portion of the action sequence;
input determination means for selecting an appropriate option from among the options provided by the option providing means in accordance with the external factor detected by the input means; and
action control means for performing the action sequence, which is changed in accordance with a determination result by the input determination means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A robot apparatus with a movable section, comprising:
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external factor detecting means for detecting an external factor;
speech output means for outputting a speech utterance by the robot apparatus;
storage means for storing a scenario concerning the contents of the speech utterance; and
scenario changing means for changing the scenario, wherein the scenario is uttered by the speech output means while the scenario is changed by the scenario changing means in accordance with the external factor detected by the external factor detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An action control method for a legged robot which operates in accordance with a predetermined action sequence, comprising:
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an input step of detecting an external factor;
an option providing step of providing changeable options concerning at least a portion of the action sequence;
an input determination step of selecting an appropriate option from among the options provided in the option providing step in accordance with the external factor detected in the input step; and
an action control step of performing the action sequence, which is changed in accordance with a determination result in the input determination step. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A storage medium which has physically stored therein computer software in a computer-readable format, the computer software causing a computer system to execute action control of a legged robot which operates in accordance with a predetermined action sequence, the computer software comprising:
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an input step of detecting an external factor;
an option providing step of providing changeable options concerning at least a portion of the action sequence;
an input determination step of selecting an appropriate option from among the options provided in the option providing step in accordance with the external factor detected in the input step; and
an action control step of performing the action sequence, which is changed in accordance with a determination result in the input determination step.
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22. A recording medium comprising:
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a text to be uttered by a robot apparatus; and
identification means for enabling the robot apparatus to recognize an utterance position in the text when the robot apparatus utters the text. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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