Interactive personalized robot for home use
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1. An interactive robotic system for a home environment comprising:
- a home network in communication with at least one electronic device; and
a robot in communication with said home network and capable of controlling said at least one electronic device, said robot further including a plurality of modules for personally communicating with a user;
wherein said user can control said robot and said at least one electronic device by communicating with said robot; and
wherein said robot further includes a text-to-speech module and a speaker linked to said text-to-speech module for emitting a synthesized voice from said robot for communicating with said user and said robot knows a location of said user relative to said robot and positions itself relative to said user so as to optimize emitting said synthesized voice to said user.
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Abstract
An interactive personalized robotic system for a home environment includes a home network in communication with at least one electronic device. A robot is in communication with the home network and is capable of controlling the at least one electronic device. The robot further includes a plurality of modules for personally communicating with a user. The user can control the robot and the at least one electronic device by communicating with the robot.
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1. An interactive robotic system for a home environment comprising:
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a home network in communication with at least one electronic device; and a robot in communication with said home network and capable of controlling said at least one electronic device, said robot further including a plurality of modules for personally communicating with a user; wherein said user can control said robot and said at least one electronic device by communicating with said robot; and wherein said robot further includes a text-to-speech module and a speaker linked to said text-to-speech module for emitting a synthesized voice from said robot for communicating with said user and said robot knows a location of said user relative to said robot and positions itself relative to said user so as to optimize emitting said synthesized voice to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An interactive robot for use in a home environment comprising:
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a control module for controlling the robot; a text-to-speech module in communication with said control module and a speaker for synthesizing speech; a speech recognition module in communication with said control module and a microphone for receiving and decoding speech; and wherein the robot knows a location of a user and optimizes said synthesized speech to said user and optimizes said received speech from said user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An interactive robot for use in a home environment having a home network, the interactive personalized robot comprising:
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a control module for controlling the robot; a text-to-speech module in communication with said control module and a speaker for synthesizing speech; a speech recognition module in communication with said central processing unit and a microphone for receiving and decoding speech; and a transmitter/receiver in communication with the home network of the home environment; wherein the robot monitors and controls the home environment through the transmitter/receiver and reports problems to a user using said text-to-speech module and said transmitter/receiver; and wherein the robot monitors an electronic device within the home environment and said control module runs diagnostics on the electronic device to determine if the electronic device is working and to alert said user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. An interactive robotic system for a home environment comprising:
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a home network in communication with at least one electronic device; and a robot in communication with said home network and capable of controlling said at least one electronic device, said robot further including a plurality of modules for personally communicating with a user;
wherein said user can control said robot and said at least one electronic device by communicating with said robot; andwherein said robot further includes a speech recognition module for understanding communication from said user and a microphone linked to said speech recognition module for receiving speech from said user, and said robot knows a location of said user relative to said robot and positions itself relative to said user so as to optimize receiving said speech from said user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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