Autonomous robotic life form
First Claim
1. A robotic life form responsive to a changing environment sensed by the robotic life form, said robotic life form comprising:
- a robotic body simulating a young Camarasaurus articulated for motion upwardly and downwardly and from side to side and supported by front and rear legs terminating in respective feet, each of said legs having at least two joints, said body having a neck terminating in a head provided with eyes and a mouth,internal and external input sensors located on said robotic body and responsive to touch, sound and lighting conditions, motion, food, temperature, voice commands, time of day, and obstacles and hazards, including a head touch sensor, a plurality of touch sensors extending along a torso of said body, and a plurality of touch sensors on said feet,means responsive to said sensors for determining drive index levels in a plurality of animation groups comprising a mood of the robotic body corresponding to one of a plurality of drive index levels from sad to happy, a physical state of the robot corresponding to one of a plurality of drive index levels from exhausted or sleepy to energetic, a state of the robotic body determined by food drive index levels from hungry to overfed and sick, health drive index levels from sick to healthy, and emotion drive index levels of the robotic body from fearful to excited, anda plurality of servo actuators associated with said robotic body and responsive to dominant ones of the drive indexes selected in accordance with priority criteria associated with each of the drive index levels for causing the robotic life form to execute animations resulting therefrom and consistent with born-in attributes of gender, activeness, temperament, obedience, tone, volume and intelligence.
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Abstract
A robotic life form simulates a live creature responsive to a changing environment sensed by the robot, and has a robotic body that is articulated for motion around an upright axis and supported by at least two legs, each having at least two joints. The neck of the body terminates in a head provided with eyes and a mouth, and, in the illustrated creature, has a tail. Internal and external input sensors are located on the robotic body and responsive to touch, sound and lighting conditions, motion, food, temperature, voice commands, time of day, and obstacles and hazards, and include a head touch sensor, a plurality of touch sensors extending along a torso of the body, and a plurality of touch sensors on the feet. Actuators responsive to the input sensors control the eyes of the robot, opening and closing of its mouth, movement of the head, movement of the neck relative to the torso, and relative movements of the front and rear sections of the torso to cause the torso to pivot and twist and thereby provide lifelike responses to the sensed conditions. Drive index levels in accordance with priority criteria selected from a plurality of animation groups determine the drive index levels, and servo actuators associated with the body are responsive to dominant drive indexes causing the robot to execute animations resulting therefrom.
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22 Claims
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1. A robotic life form responsive to a changing environment sensed by the robotic life form, said robotic life form comprising:
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a robotic body simulating a young Camarasaurus articulated for motion upwardly and downwardly and from side to side and supported by front and rear legs terminating in respective feet, each of said legs having at least two joints, said body having a neck terminating in a head provided with eyes and a mouth, internal and external input sensors located on said robotic body and responsive to touch, sound and lighting conditions, motion, food, temperature, voice commands, time of day, and obstacles and hazards, including a head touch sensor, a plurality of touch sensors extending along a torso of said body, and a plurality of touch sensors on said feet, means responsive to said sensors for determining drive index levels in a plurality of animation groups comprising a mood of the robotic body corresponding to one of a plurality of drive index levels from sad to happy, a physical state of the robot corresponding to one of a plurality of drive index levels from exhausted or sleepy to energetic, a state of the robotic body determined by food drive index levels from hungry to overfed and sick, health drive index levels from sick to healthy, and emotion drive index levels of the robotic body from fearful to excited, and a plurality of servo actuators associated with said robotic body and responsive to dominant ones of the drive indexes selected in accordance with priority criteria associated with each of the drive index levels for causing the robotic life form to execute animations resulting therefrom and consistent with born-in attributes of gender, activeness, temperament, obedience, tone, volume and intelligence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An autonomous personal robotic companion simulating a live creature responsive to a changing environment sensed by the robotic companion, said robotic companion comprising:
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a robotic body simulating a young Camarasaurus articulated for motion upwardly and downwardly and from side to side and supported by front and rear legs terminating in respective feet, each of said legs having at least two joints, said body having a neck terminating in a head provided with eyes and a mouth, said robotic body having born-in attributes including gender, activeness, temperament, obedience, tone, volume and intelligence, internal and external input sensors located on said robotic body and responsive to touch, sound and lighting conditions, motion, food, temperature, voice commands, time of day, and obstacles and hazards, including a head touch sensor, a plurality of touch sensors extending along a torso of said body, and a plurality of touch sensors on said feet, means responsive to said sensors for determining drive index levels in a plurality of animation groups comprising a mood of the robotic body corresponding to one of a plurality of drive index levels from sad to happy, a physical state of the robot corresponding to one of a plurality of drive index levels from exhausted or sleepy to energetic, a state of the robotic body determined by food drive index levels from hungry to overfed and sick, health drive index levels from sick to healthy, and emotion drive index levels of the robotic body from fearful to excited, and a plurality of servo actuators associated with said robotic body and responsive to dominant ones of the drive indexes selected in accordance with priority criteria associated with each of the drive index levels for causing the robotic companion to execute animations resulting therefrom and consistent with said born-in attributes of gender, activeness, temperament, obedience, tone, volume and intelligence.
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22. A robotic life form responsive to a changing environment sensed by the robotic life form, said robotic life form comprising:
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a robotic body simulating a young Camarasaurus articulated for motion upwardly and downwardly and from side to side and supported by front and rear legs terminating in respective feet, each of said legs having at least two joints, said body having a neck terminating in a head provided with eyes and a mouth, internal and external input sensors located on said robotic body and responsive to touch, sound and lighting conditions, motion, food, temperature, voice commands, time of day, and obstacles and hazards, including a head touch sensor, a plurality of touch sensors extending along a torso of said body, and a plurality of touch sensors on said feet, means responsive to said sensors for determining drive index levels in a plurality of animation groups comprising a mood of the robotic body corresponding to one of a plurality of drive index levels from sad to happy, a physical state of the robot corresponding to one of a plurality of drive index levels from exhausted or sleepy to energetic, a state of the robotic body determined by food drive index levels from hungry to overfed and sick, health drive index levels from sick to healthy, and emotion drive index levels of the robotic body from fearful to excited, a plurality of servo actuators associated with said robotic body and responsive to dominant ones of the drive indexes selected in accordance with priority criteria associated with each of the drive index levels for causing the robotic life form to execute animations resulting therefrom and consistent with born-in attributes of gender, activeness, temperament, obedience, tone, volume and intelligence, and a food processing module responsive to a food RFID trigger signal for determining the type of food and updating the drive indexes with corresponding positive or negative effects.
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