Patent ID: 8234011
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B25J,G01B,G05D,G06T

Abstract:
1. A movable robot, comprising: a body trunk; a connected member that is connected to the body trunk by a joint in which a driving mechanism is provided; a plurality of body trunk side cameras that is arranged on the body trunk; a connected member side camera that is arranged on the connected member; a first calculating unit that calculates first relative positional relationship, with respect to the movable robot, of one or more objects existing within a photographed scope based on at least two body trunk side images taken by the plurality of body trunk side cameras; and a second calculating unit that calculates second relative positional relationship, with respect to the movable robot, of one or more objects existing within a photographed scope based on a body trunk side image taken by at least one of the plurality of body trunk side cameras and a connected member side image taken by the connected member side camera; wherein the second calculating unit selects a body trunk side image in which portion of the connected member being photographed is the smallest to be used in the calculation of the second relative positional relationship.