Patent ID: 6529802
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B25J,H04M

Abstract:
A robot apparatus comprisingreceiving means for receiving an external communication signal; first memory means for storing identification information of a plurality of persons; imaging means for detecting images of surroundings of the robot; a plurality of component units connected to said robot; driving means for driving said plurality of component units; second memory means for storing feeling information of each of said plurality of persons; identifying means for identifying a sender and a receiver of a communication signal when said receiving means receives said external communication signal; and search means for searching for said receiver identified by said identifying means based on an output image from said imaging means and the identification information stored in the first memory means, wherein said robot moves to said receiver when said search means finds said receiver and notifies said receiver of a call with a performance using said plurality of component units in accordance with said feeling information of said sender.