Robot apparatus, control method thereof, and method for judging character of robot apparatus
First Claim
1. A robot apparatus having emotion models consisting of a plurality of emotional behaviors and instinct models consisting of a plurality of desires, for generating action on the basis of the parameter value of each emotional behavior of the emotion model and/or the parameter value of each desire of the instinct model which are sequentially updated in accordance with prescribed conditions, comprising restricting means for restricting the number of the emotional behaviors or the desires used for generating the action so as to increase or decrease stepwise.
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Abstract
In a robot apparatus and a control method therefor, firstly, partial or whole state space of a behavioral model is expanded or reduced, secondly, transition to a predetermined node in the behavioral model is described as transition to a virtual node and a node group to be allotted to the virtual node is sequentially changed, thirdly, the number of emotions and/or desires which are used for generating actions is gradually increased, and fourthly, an environment is evaluated to update each sensitivity corresponding to each emotion and desire, on the basis of the evaluated. In the robot apparatus and the character discriminating method for the robot apparatus, a pet robot is provided with: detecting means for detecting outputs from other pet robots; character discriminating means for discriminating characters of the pet robots on the basis of the result detected by the detecting means; and character changing means for changing the character on the basis of the result judged by the character discriminating means.
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- 1. A robot apparatus having emotion models consisting of a plurality of emotional behaviors and instinct models consisting of a plurality of desires, for generating action on the basis of the parameter value of each emotional behavior of the emotion model and/or the parameter value of each desire of the instinct model which are sequentially updated in accordance with prescribed conditions, comprising restricting means for restricting the number of the emotional behaviors or the desires used for generating the action so as to increase or decrease stepwise.
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7. A robot apparatus having emotion models consisting of a plurality of emotional behaviors and instinct models consisting of a plurality of desires, for generating action on the basis of the parameter value of each emotional behavior of the emotion model and/or the parameter value of each desire of the instinct model, comprising:
- emotional behavior and/or desire updating means for sequentially updating the parameter value of each emotional behavior and/or the parameter value of each desire, depending on corresponding sensitivity individually set to each emotional behavior and/or each desire, on the basis of externally applied stimulation and/or the lapse of time; and
sensitivity updating means for evaluating an environment and respectively updating the sensitivity corresponding to each emotional behavior and/or each desire on the basis of the evaluated result. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
- emotional behavior and/or desire updating means for sequentially updating the parameter value of each emotional behavior and/or the parameter value of each desire, depending on corresponding sensitivity individually set to each emotional behavior and/or each desire, on the basis of externally applied stimulation and/or the lapse of time; and
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11. A control method for a robot apparatus having emotion models consisting of a plurality of emotional behaviors and instinct models consisting of a plurality of desires, for generating action on the basis of the parameter value of each emotional behavior of the emotion model and/or the parameter value of each desire of the instinct model which are sequentially updated in accordance with prescribed conditions, comprising:
- a first step of restricting the number of the emotional behaviors and/or the desires used for generating the action; and
a second step of increasing or decreasing stepwise the number of the emotional behaviors and/or the desires used for generating the action. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- a first step of restricting the number of the emotional behaviors and/or the desires used for generating the action; and
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17. A control method for a robot apparatus having emotion models consisting of a plurality of emotional behaviors and instinct models consisting of a plurality of desires, for generating action on the basis of the parameter value of each emotional behavior of the emotion model and/or the parameter value of each desire of the instinct model, comprising:
- a first step of updating the parameter value of each emotional behavior and/or the parameter value of each desire, depending on corresponding sensitivity individually set to each emotional behavior and/or each desire, on the basis of externally applied stimulation and/or the lapse of time; and
a second step of evaluating an environment and respectively updating the sensitivity corresponding to each emotional behavior and/or each desire on the basis of the evaluated result. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- a first step of updating the parameter value of each emotional behavior and/or the parameter value of each desire, depending on corresponding sensitivity individually set to each emotional behavior and/or each desire, on the basis of externally applied stimulation and/or the lapse of time; and
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