Patent ID: 11960285
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling a robot that accompanies a user, the method comprising:
presetting, by an input from the user, a standard relative position where the robot is to be positioned relative to the user by default;
detecting, through at least one sensor included in the robot, a location and a movement direction of the user who is moving;
driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to accompany the user in the standard relative position;
specifying, through the at least one sensor, a type and a location of an object around the user while the robot is accompanying the user;
setting, in a case where the object is a dangerous object and is located in the movement direction of the user, a next relative position where the robot is to be positioned relative to the user as a lead position that is located ahead of the user and guides the user in a direction along a travel route that distances away from the dangerous object for avoiding the dangerous object;
driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to move from the standard relative position to the lead position; and
driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to lead the user in the lead position and induce a change in the movement direction of the user.