A safety device according to the present disclosure includes a sensor that is attached to a self-propellable travel device or a robot provided to the travel device, is set with a given detection area on the basis of a position of the sensor, and detects an object existing within the given detection area. The safety device further includes a motion suppressing device that suppresses motions of the travel device and the robot, when the existence of the object within the given detection area is detected by the sensor, and an area changing device that changes the given detection area according to operating states of the travel device and the robot.

Disclosed are a lawn mower robot and a control method for same. A lawn mower robot and a control method for same according to an embodiment of the present invention can sense height information about the height between a lawn and the lower side of the lawn mower robot. The sensed height information is used as supporting data for calculating whether the lawn mower robot has deviated from a preset travel path, as well as the deviation direction. Accordingly, even when a separate sensing means is not provided, whether the lawn mower robot has deviated from the preset travel path is calculated using the height information about the height from the ground, and thus the lawn mower can be returned to the preset travel path.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for visually annotating rendered multi-dimensional representations of robot environments. In various implementations, an entity may be identified that is present with a telepresence robot in an environment. A measure of potential interest of a user in the entity may be calculated based on a record of one or more interactions between the user and one or more computing devices. In some implementations, the one or more interactions may be for purposes other than directly operating the telepresence robot. In various implementations, a multi-dimensional representation of the environment may be rendered as part of a graphical user interface operable by the user to control the telepresence robot. In various implementations, a visual annotation may be selectively rendered within the multi-dimensional representation of the environment in association with the entity based on the measure of potential interest.

Disclosed herein are a method of localization by synchronizing multi sensors and a robot implementing the same. The robot according to an embodiment includes a controller that, when a first sensor acquires first type information, generates first type odometry information using the first type information, that, at a time point when the first type odometry information is generated, acquires second type information by controlling a second sensor and then generates second type odometry information using the second type information, and that the robot by combining the first type odometry information and the second type odometry information.

The robotic device conducts an action on a curved ferromagnetic surface. The robotic device includes a chassis platform and at least one magnetic side drive module. The chassis platform rolls on the curved ferromagnetic surface and is maintained thereon by virtue of the curved ferromagnetic surface being ferromagnetic. The at least one magnetic side drive module is pivotally attached to the chassis platform and is for conducting the action on the curved ferromagnetic surface as the chassis platform rolls on the curved ferromagnetic surface.

The present application discloses an automated restaurant comprising: a kitchen; a customer-tracking area comprising a dining area; and a plurality of vehicles. The kitchen comprises a storage apparatus to store ingredient containers, a transfer apparatus to move ingredient containers, and one or more cooking stations. Each vehicle is configured to move one or more food containers from cooking stations to dining tables. A tracking system comprises cameras, lidars, etc., which are fixedly mounted. The tracking system can dynamically map out the fixtures, humans and vehicles in the restaurant. Information from the tracking system is used to control the motion of the vehicles. The tracking system can dynamically track the positions of customers in the customer-tracking area, so that foods ordered by specific customers may be automatically sent by vehicles to the customers' locations.

A robot control device for a robot comprises a case and a connector board which is coupled to the case and includes a plurality of connectors which are disposed in a first region and a second region adjacent laterally to the first region. The plurality of the connectors may comprise a power connector which is disposed at a bottom of one of the first region or the second region and is coupled with a power supplier; and a processor connector which is disposed in a region different from that of the power supplier and is coupled with a processor.

A telescopic device (100) and a carrying robot (1000). The telescopic device (100) comprises: a loading base plate (10), telescopic arm assemblies (20), and a driving mechanism (30). The telescopic arm assembly (20) comprises at least two which are provided opposite to each other in a width direction of the loading base plate (10); each telescopic arm assembly (20) comprises a fixed arm (21) and a first sliding arm (22), the fixed arm (21) is mounted at the loading base plate (10), and the first sliding arm (22) is slidably provided at the inner side of the fixed arm (21). The driving mechanism (30) is used for driving the first sliding arm (22) to slide with respect to the fixed arm (21) along a length direction of the loading base plate (10). Because the telescopic device can achieve bi-directional extension and retraction, thereby improving carrying efficiency of the carrying robot.

The present technology relates to an autonomous mobile body, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing device, by which a user experience based on an output sound of the autonomous mobile body can be improved. The autonomous mobile body includes a recognition section that recognizes a paired device that is paired with the autonomous mobile body, and a sound control section that changes a control method for an output sound to be outputted from the autonomous mobile body, on the basis of a recognition result of the paired device, and controls the output sound in accordance with the changed control method. The present technology is applicable to a robot, for example.

A stopper according to one or more embodiments may include: a stopper body; and a rotation restriction portion provided at the stopper body and configured to restrict rotations of the drive transmission member. The stopper may be configured such that the rotation restriction portion restricts the rotations of the drive transmission member in a state where the stopper body is attached to the adaptor main body and the rotation restriction portion releases the restriction of the rotations of the drive transmission member in a state where the stopper body is detached from the adaptor main body.