Movable robot
First Claim
1. A movable robot, comprising:
- a body trunk;
a connected member that is connected to the body trunk by a joint in which a driving mechanism is provided;
a plurality of body trunk side cameras that is arranged on the body trunk;
a connected member side camera that is arranged on the connected member;
a first calculating unit that calculates first relative positional relationship, with respect to the movable robot, of one or more objects existing within a photographed scope based on at least two body trunk side images taken by the plurality of body trunk side cameras; and
a second calculating unit that calculates second relative positional relationship, with respect to the movable robot, of one or more objects existing within a photographed scope based on a body trunk side image taken by at least one of the plurality of body trunk side cameras and a connected member side image taken by the connected member side camera;
wherein the second calculating unit selects a body trunk side image in which portion of the connected member being photographed is the smallest to be used in the calculation of the second relative positional relationship.
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Abstract
A technique to wholly recognize the surrounding environment may be provided by excluding unknown environment which arises due to parts of a body of a robot hindering the sight of the robot during operations.
The robot of the present invention is provided with a body trunk including head and torso, at least one connected member that is connected to the body trunk by a joint in which a driving mechanism is provided, a body trunk side camera that is arranged on the body trunk, and a connected member side camera that is arranged on the connected member. Further, the robot is provided with a composite image creation unit that creates composite image of a body trunk side image taken by the body trunk side camera and a connected member side image taken by the connected member side camera, such that a part of the body trunk side image is replaced with a part of the connected member side image so as to exclude the connected member from the body trunk side image.
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1 Claim
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1. A movable robot, comprising:
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a body trunk; a connected member that is connected to the body trunk by a joint in which a driving mechanism is provided; a plurality of body trunk side cameras that is arranged on the body trunk; a connected member side camera that is arranged on the connected member; a first calculating unit that calculates first relative positional relationship, with respect to the movable robot, of one or more objects existing within a photographed scope based on at least two body trunk side images taken by the plurality of body trunk side cameras; and a second calculating unit that calculates second relative positional relationship, with respect to the movable robot, of one or more objects existing within a photographed scope based on a body trunk side image taken by at least one of the plurality of body trunk side cameras and a connected member side image taken by the connected member side camera; wherein the second calculating unit selects a body trunk side image in which portion of the connected member being photographed is the smallest to be used in the calculation of the second relative positional relationship.
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