An information processing apparatus comprising: an autonomous mobile body that travels while maintaining an inverted pendulum state; and an operation control unit that controls an operation of the autonomous mobile body, wherein the autonomous mobile body includes: a main body, two wheels mounted on the main body, and a drive mechanism that drives the two wheels, and the operation control unit controls the drive mechanism to: maintain the inverted pendulum state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels in a first state, and make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state, wherein the bottom of the main body includes a protrusion provided at a position that comes into contact with a floor surface in the second state, wherein the protrusion is provided on a back side of the autonomous mobile body with respect to an axle of the two wheels (CoW), wherein the operation control unit causes the two wheels to rotate to move the autonomous mobile body backward by controlling the drive mechanism when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the second state to the first state. an autonomous mobile body that travels while maintaining an inverted pendulum state; and an operation control unit that controls an operation of the autonomous mobile body, wherein the autonomous mobile body includes: a main body, two wheels mounted on the main body, and a drive mechanism that drives the two wheels, and the operation control unit controls the drive mechanism to: maintain the inverted pendulum state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels in a first state, and make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state, wherein the bottom of the main body includes a protrusion provided at a position that comes into contact with a floor surface in the second state, wherein the protrusion is provided on a back side of the autonomous mobile body with respect to an axle of the two wheels (CoW), wherein the operation control unit causes the two wheels to rotate to move the autonomous mobile body backward by controlling the drive mechanism when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the second state to the first state. a main body, two wheels mounted on the main body, and a drive mechanism that drives the two wheels, and the operation control unit controls the drive mechanism to: maintain the inverted pendulum state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels in a first state, and make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state, wherein the bottom of the main body includes a protrusion provided at a position that comes into contact with a floor surface in the second state, wherein the protrusion is provided on a back side of the autonomous mobile body with respect to an axle of the two wheels (CoW), wherein the operation control unit causes the two wheels to rotate to move the autonomous mobile body backward by controlling the drive mechanism when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the second state to the first state. maintain the inverted pendulum state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels in a first state, and make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state, wherein the bottom of the main body includes a protrusion provided at a position that comes into contact with a floor surface in the second state, wherein the protrusion is provided on a back side of the autonomous mobile body with respect to an axle of the two wheels (CoW), wherein the operation control unit causes the two wheels to rotate to move the autonomous mobile body backward by controlling the drive mechanism when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the second state to the first state.