Patent ID: 11969876
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A robot that mutually communicates with a user by interacting with the user, the robot comprising:
a sensor that detects an obstacle;
a memory; and
a processor, wherein
the memory stores a plurality of behavior types, each of the plurality of behavior types being a program for causing the robot to execute predetermined behavior,
the memory further stores a behavior type, which is executed by the robot, among the plurality of behavior types, and
the processor
determines, by referring to the memory, which of the plurality of behavior types the behavior type executed by the robot when the sensor detects the obstacle is,
determines a type of the obstacle detected by the sensor,
decides whether first behavior for increasing opportunities of interaction with the user or second behavior for avoiding the obstacle is performed, based on the behavior type executed by the robot when the sensor detects the obstacle and the type of the obstacle detected by the sensor, and
controls the robot to cause the robot to execute the decided behavior, wherein

in a case where the behavior type executed by the robot when the sensor detects the obstacle is behavior in which the robot moves toward a charging stand and the type of the obstacle detected by the sensor is an object other than the user,
the processor decides that the second behavior for avoiding the obstacle is performed.