Patent ID: 8014901

Claim:
A system for controlling a mobile robot having an external terminal that generates motion command and transmits it to the robot, and controlling means provided at the robot for controlling operation of the robot based on the transmitted motion command, wherein: the robot includes a. means for generating time-series data sequentially at a predetermined time interval and for transmitting them to the external terminal; and the external terminal is provided with b. means for receiving the transmitted time-series data and for adding them to the motion command; and wherein the controlling means determines the motion of the robot based on the generated time-series data and the time-series data added to the motion command, and controls the motion of the robot in accordance with the transmitted motion command when a difference between a current one of the time-series data generated by the time-series data generating means and the time-series data added to the motion command is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, and discontinues the motion of the robot when the difference is greater than the predetermined value.