Patent ID: 8272466

Claim:
A robot for guiding a person to a destination comprising: a main body; a traveling unit including a pedestal and a running wheel at a lower portion of the traveling unit, the traveling unit jointed to the main body by a joint shaft so that the pedestal of the traveling unit and the main body are rotatable relative to each other; travel drive means for driving the running wheel; rotation drive means for performing relative rotation of the main body relative to the traveling unit; control means for controlling the travel drive means and the rotation drive means, respectively; and position detection means for detecting a position of the person in the surrounding area, wherein the control means controls the rotation drive means based on a position of the person detected by the position detection means so that a predetermined part of the main body constantly faces the person while the traveling unit is traveling to guide the person to the destination, for all directions of travel of the traveling unit when guiding the person to the destination, so as to be able to guide the person to the destination while carrying on a conversation with the person.