Patent ID: 7120519
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G05D,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising: a layout storage unit for storing a layout plan of a building; a communication unit for communicating with a remote terminal; and a travel control unit for controlling travel of a robot to a designated position, wherein: the robot identifies its own position, the robot receives a viewable picture from the remote terminal; a size of the layout picture stored in the memory is converted into a size of the viewable picture received from the remote terminal, and stored; the robot transmits the layout picture containing the identified own position to the remote terminal; the robot receives coordinates of a destination designated from the remote terminal; the robot calculates destination coordinates on a real scale from both a converted size and coordinates of the destination designated by the remote terminal; the robot produces a route to the destination; and the robot travels towards the destination.