Patent ID: 8359122

Claim:
An autonomous personal service robot comprising: a frame; a drive system coupled with said frame and configured to move said frame; at least one camera coupled with said frame wherein said at least one camera comprise a pair of cameras that are offset from a horizontal axis between 0 and 90 degrees, a processor coupled with said frame and configured to operate said drive system to move said at least one camera coupled with said frame to dynamically map an environment, said processor further configured to: identify a person stored in memory based on at least one of said person's face, gait, voice and routines using at least one image obtained from said at least one camera; calculate a change in camera position and a change in frame position and move said frame and said at least one camera to follow said person when said person moves to a different location in a room or different room and to track and monitor said person using at least one image obtained from said at least one camera; and determine if an out-of-ordinary event has occurred wherein said out-of-ordinary event comprises a body of said person has remained stationary for a period of time over a threshold; notify a third-party for intervention based on said out-of-ordinary event.