Patent ID: 7209803

Claim:
An article transfer system, comprising: a robot for transferring an article existing in a predetermined life space; a console unit including a display section for displaying a console window and an input section which serves as an interface for a user, the console window including an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and a generic icon generically indicative of a plurality of locations in the life space; an article database containing attribute information of the article; and a controller for controlling the system, wherein when the article icon and the generic icon are designated on the console window through the input section, the controller selects a location, from among a plurality of locations in the life space subordinate to the designated generic icon, according to the attribute information of the article corresponding to the designated article icon, the attribute information being retrieved from the article database, and the controller instructs the robot to transfer the article corresponding to the designated article icon to the selected location in the life space.