Patent ID: 8761933

Claim:
A system for conducting a telepresence session with a target person in an environment using a robot, comprising: a motor configured to move the robot through the environment; a sensor system comprising: a camera; and a microphone; and a processor configured to implement modules for a robot, wherein the modules comprise: a navigation module configured to move the robot through the environment; a facial recognition module configured to identify that a face is present in an image from the camera; and a person location module configured to accept a designation of a target person and to use data from the facial recognition module, or the navigation module, or any combinations thereof to locate the target person in the environment wherein the person location module is to: determine if a found person is the target person; and, if the person found is not the target person, the person location module is to: prompt the found person for a location of the target person; and move the robot to the location provided in an answer given in response to the prompt.