TELEPRESENCE ROBOT, TELEPRESENCE SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20130066468A1
• Filed: 08/19/2010
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Original Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Inventors: Choi, Mun-Taek, Kim, MunSang, Park, InJun, Kim, Chang Gu, Yoo, Jin Hwan, Lee, YoungHo, Hwang, Juk Kyu, Shinn, Richard H.
• Application Number:
  US13/634,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066468A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/258
• 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: B25J 11/008 Manipulators for service tasks
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 13/00 Controls for manipulators programme controls B25J9/16; control in general G05
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/0003 Home robots, i.e. small robots for domestic use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/51 Remote controlling of devices based on replies, status thereof

Abstract

A telepresence robot may include a manual navigation unit configured to move the telepresence robot according to navigation information received from a user device; an autonomous navigation unit configured to detect environment of the telepresence robot and control the movement of the telepresence robot using the detected result; a motion control unit comprising a database related to at least one motion, the motion control unit configured to receive selection information on the motion of the database and actuate the telepresence robot according to the selection information; and an output unit configured to receive expression information of a user from the user device and output the expression information. The telepresence robot may be applied to various fields such as language education by a native speaking teacher, medical diagnoses, teleconferences, or remote factory tours.

Claims

1. A telepresence robot comprising:

a manual navigation unit configured to move the telepresence robot according to navigation information received from a user device;

an autonomous navigation unit configured to detect environment of the telepresence robot and control the movement of the telepresence robot using the detected result;

a motion control unit comprising a database related to at least one motion, the motion control unit configured to receive selection information on the motion of the database and actuate the telepresence robot according to the selection information; and

an output unit configured to receive expression information of a user from the user device and output the expression information.

2. The telepresence robot according to claim 1,

wherein the database comprises at least one piece of actuation information corresponding to each of the at least one motion, and

wherein the motion control unit is configured to actuate the telepresence robot according to any one of the at least piece of actuation information corresponding to the motion selected by the selection information.

3. The telepresence robot according to claim 1, wherein the expression information comprises image information and/or voice information of the user.

4. The telepresence robot according to claim 1,

wherein the expression information comprises actuation information corresponding to a facial expression or body motion of a user, and

wherein the output unit is configured to actuate the telepresence robot according to the expression information.

5. The telepresence robot according to claim 1, further comprising a recording unit configured to transmit auditory information and/or visual information of the environment of the telepresence robot to the user device.

6. The telepresence robot according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitting/receiving unit configured to communicate with the user device in a wired or wireless mode.

7. The telepresence robot according to claim 1, wherein the motion control unit is configured to actuate the telepresence robot using actuation information predetermined with respect to the expression information outputted through the output unit.

8. The telepresence robot according to claim 1, wherein the selection information is an extensible markup language (XML) message.

9. A telepresence system comprising:

a telepresence robot configured to move using navigation information and detection result of environment, the telepresence robot comprising a database related to at least one motion, and is configured to be actuated according to selection information on the motion of the database and output expression information of a user;

a user device configured to receive the navigation information and the selection information, transmit the navigation information and the selection information to the telepresence robot, and transmit the expression information to the telepresence robot; and

a recording device configured to transmit visual information and/or auditory information of the environment of the telepresence robot to the user device.

10. The telepresence system according to claim 9,

wherein the database comprises at least one piece of actuation information corresponding to each of the at least one motion, and

wherein the telepresence robot is configured to be actuated according to any one of the at least one piece of actuation information corresponding to the motion selected by the selection information.

11. The telepresence system according to claim 9, wherein the expression information comprises image information and/or voice information of the user.

12. The telepresence system according to claim 9,

wherein the expression information comprises actuation information corresponding to facial expression or body motion of the user, and

wherein the telepresence robot is configured to be actuated according to the expression information.

13. The telepresence system according to claim 9, wherein the recording device is mounted on the telepresence robot.

14. The telepresence system according to claim 9, wherein the user device comprises a head mount type device configured to be mounted on a head portion of the user.

15. The telepresence system according to claim 9, wherein the selection information is an XML message.

16. A method for controlling a telepresence robot, the method comprising:

receiving navigation information at the telepresence robot from a user device;

moving the telepresence robot according to the navigation information;

detecting environment of the telepresence robot and moving the telepresence robot according to the detected result;

receiving selection information on motion at the telepresence robot from the user device, wherein the selection information is based on a database related to at least one motion of the telepresence robot;

actuating the telepresence robot according to the selection information;

receiving expression information of a user at the telepresence robot and outputting the expression information; and

transmitting auditory information and/or visual information of the environment of the telepresence robot to the user device.

17. The method according to claim 16,

wherein the database comprises at least one piece of actuation information corresponding to each of the at least one motion, and

wherein actuating the telepresence robot according to the selection information comprises actuating the telepresence robot according to any one of the at least one piece of actuation information corresponding to the motion selected by the selection information.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the expression information comprises image information and/or voice information of the user.

19. The method according to claim 16,

wherein the expression information comprises actuation information corresponding to facial expression or body motion of the user, and

wherein outputting the expression information comprises actuating the telepresence robot according to the expression information.

20. The method according to claim 16, further comprising, after outputting the expression information, actuating the telepresence robot according to actuation information predetermined with respect to the expression information.

21. The method according to claim 16, wherein the selection information is an XML message.

22. A method for controlling a telepresence robot, the method comprising:

receiving navigation information of the telepresence robot at a user device;

transmitting the navigation information to the telepresence robot;

receiving selection information on motion of the telepresence robot at the user device based on a database related to at least one motion of the telepresence robot;

transmitting the selection information to the telepresence robot;

transmitting expression information of a user to the telepresence robot; and

receiving auditory information and/or visual information of environment of the telepresence robot and outputting the auditory information and/or visual information.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the expression information comprises image information and/or voice information of the user.

24. The method according to claim 22, wherein the expression information comprises actuation information of the telepresence robot corresponding facial expression or body motion of the user.

25. The method according to claim 22, wherein the selection information is an XML message.