Patent ID: 7187998

Claim:
A system for managing an article existing in a life space, comprising: a designation device for designating a transfer subject article and a placement location which is a 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 database containing information about an article in the life space and map information of the life space; and a holding position determination section for determining, based on information about the transfer subject article and the placement location which are stored in the database, a holding position of the transfer subject article held by the holder to be a position at which the laborer robot places the transfer subject article at the placement location without re-holding the transfer subject article, wherein the holding position determination section selects a contact region in which the transfer subject article is in contact with the placement location and determines the holding position such that the holder does not overlap the contact region based on information about the transfer subject article and the placement location which are stored in the database before the holder holds the transfer subject article, and the holding position determination section checks an available space at the placement location based on information about the placement location which is contained in the database and selects the contact region such that at least the transfer subject article is accommodated within the available space.