Patent ID: 8401725
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B25J

Abstract:
1. A target route setting support system for supporting an user in setting a target route for a robot autonomously moving according to the target route, the system including at least one processor, the at least one processor comprising: a first storing unit which stores a position of a plurality of nodes preliminarily set in a moving region of the robot; a second storing unit which stores information related to a position and an existence range of an object in the moving region of the robot; a starting point recognizing unit which recognizes a current position or a departure position of the robot in the moving region as a starting point; a terminal point recognizing unit which recognizes a target position of the robot in the moving region designated by the user via an input device as a terminal point; a transiting area recognizing unit which recognizes, of the plurality of nodes stored in the first storing unit, the node or a link connecting nodes together which is designated by the user via the input device as a designated transiting area; a route candidate generating unit which generates a moving route candidate connecting the terminal point recognized by the terminal point recognizing unit and the starting point recognized by the starting point recognizing unit, the moving route candidate generated such that the designated transiting area recognized by the transiting area recognizing unit is included as at least part of the moving route candidate; and a determining unit which determines a level of or an existence or nonexistence of a possibility of contact between the robot and the object, in the case where the robot is made to move along the moving route candidate generated by the route candidate generating unit, according to whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied in light of information concerning the position and the existence range of the object stored in the second storing unit, and which outputs the determination result via an output device; wherein the moving route candidate generated by the route candidate generating unit is allowed to be set as the target route, on condition that it is determined by the determining unit that the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the possibility of contact is therefore low or nonexistent.