Patent ID: 7187999

Claim:
A system for managing an article existing in a life space, comprising: a database containing at least predetermined shape information about an article in the life space and information about a location and posture of the article; a designation device for designating a transfer subject article and a placement location which is a transfer destination of the transfer subject article; a laborer robot having a holder for holding an article, the laborer robot holding the transfer subject article in the holder to place the transfer subject article at the placement location; a placement posture determination section for determining a posture of the transfer subject article placed by the laborer robot based on the information contained in the database according to information about other articles in the vicinity of the placement location; and a controller for controlling the transfer subject article to be placed at the placement location in the posture determined by the placement posture determination section, wherein the article shape information is defined in the form of polygon model data or shape parameters which express a rectangular parallelepiped or cylindrical shape, the article posture information is defined in the form of article rotation angle information relative to a coordinate system defined in the life space, the placement posture determination section refers to the database to check whether or not an article equal or similar to the transfer subject article in predetermined polygon model data or shape parameters exists in the vicinity of the placement location, and if it exists, the placement posture determination section refers to the database to adjust placement posture information of the transfer subject article to be in harmony with posture information of the equal or similar article.