Patent ID: 9552056
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B25J,G06F,G06K

Claim:
1. A telepresence robot comprising: a mobile platform; a first robot camera; and a computer in communication with the platform and the first robot camera, said computer having a processor and computer-readable memory, wherein said computer is configured to receive video information from at least one remotely located camera and sensed 3D information from at least one remotely located 3D sensor, the video information and sensed 3D information signifying a physical body gesture made by a remotely-located human operator, and wherein said telepresence robot is configured to perform an imitating action of the physical body gesture made by the remotely-located human operator, and wherein said computer is further configured to receive video information from the first robot camera comprising a video image of a person interacting with the telepresence robot and to predict an emotional state of the person based on the received video information.