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Robot apparatus and emotion representing method therefor

  • US 20050216121A1
  • Filed: 01/05/2005
  • Published: 09/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous robot apparatus having an emotion model, or a modeled emotion, and capable of expressing the own emotion, comprising emotion management means for detecting and supervising the emotion of the robot apparatus;

  • a plurality of behavior describing modules, each describing a preset behavior; and

    behavior selection means for selecting one or more of said behavior describing modules for demonstrating the behavior described in the behavior describing module selected;

    wherein when one of the behavior describing modules is selected by said behavior selection means, said behavior describing module selected causes a change in a basic posture as a posture at each beginning time point of one or plural motions forming the behavior described in the behavior describing module selected, responsive to the current emotion detected by said emotion management means.

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