Robot apparatus

• US 20050177278A1
• Filed: 04/05/2005
• Published: 08/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kotaro Sabe, Masahiro Fujita
• Original Assignee: Kotaro Sabe, Masahiro Fujita
• Inventors: Fujita, Masahiro, Sabe, Kotaro
• Granted Patent: US 7,146,252 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/245
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 11/00 Self-movable toy figures
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 11/0005 Manipulators having means for high-level communication with users, e.g. speech generator, face recognition means
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/008 based on physical entities controlled by simulated intelligence so as to replicate intelligent life forms, e.g. based on robots replicating pets or humans in their appearance or behaviour

Abstract

A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If the CPU finds that the output value exceeds the pre-set threshold value, it verifies whether or not there is any vacant area in a memory card 13. If the CPU finds that there is any vacant area in a memory card 13, it causes the picture data captured from the CCD video camera 11 to be stored in the vacant area in the memory card 13. At this time, the CPU 15 causes the time and date data and the feeling parameter in the memory card 13 in association with the picture data. The CPU 15 also re-arrays the picture data stored in the memory card 13 in the sequence of the decreasing magnitude of the feeling model output.

Claims

1. A robot apparatus having a status transition model for outputting the instinct information, said robot apparatus comprising:

detection means for detecting extraneous states;

storage means for storing data;

write control means for writing pre-set data in said storage means;

said write control means writing said pre-set data in said storage means based on said instinct information, wherein said write control means writes said pre-set data in said storage means based on a pre-set transition state of said status transition model;

erasure control means for erasing the pre-set data stored in said storage means, wherein said erasure control means erases said pre-set data from said storage means based on a pre-set transition state of said status transition model; and

a plurality of legs for walking.