Patent ID: 9075416
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B25J,G05B,G05D

Abstract:
1. A mobile body which moves on the basis of an operation target, the mobile body comprising: at least one memory operable to store program code; at least one processor operable to read said program code and operate as instructed by said program code, said program code including: a mobile obstacle detector that detects a mobile obstacle in the vicinity of the mobile body; an operation predictor that predicts future operation of the mobile obstacle, on the basis of detection results from the mobile obstacle detector; approach determination code that determines whether or not the mobile obstacle and the mobile body approach each other within a predetermined interval; and operation planning code that, when the approach determination code determines that the mobile obstacle and the mobile body approach each other within the predetermined interval, plans an avoidance operation of the mobile body and predicts an expected avoidance operation which is expected of the mobile obstacle, on the basis of the operation of the mobile obstacle predicted by the operation predictor and the operation target of the mobile body, wherein the expected avoidance operation is an operation that can be expected of the mobile obstacle to conduct so as to avoid an approach to or contact with the mobile body.