A biomimetics based robot and process for simulation is disclosed. The robot may include filament driven and fluid pumped elastomer based artificial muscles coordinated for slow twitch/fast twitch contraction and movement of the robot by one or more microcontrollers. A process may provide physics based simulation for movement of a robot in a virtual setting. Successfully tested movement data may be stored and embedded into a robot at build and/or before a new movement in programmed into the robot.

A mobile robot is configured for operation in a commercial or industrial setting, such as an office building or retail store. The mobile robot can have a motorized base and a robot body on the motorized base, the robot body including a rotatable ring that rotates horizontally around the robot body. A mechanical arm that can contract and extend relative to the robot body is coupled to the rotatable ring and performs a plurality of actions. A controller of the mobile robot provides instructions to the rotatable ring and the mechanical arm and can cause the mechanical arm to open a door, take an elevator to move to a different floor, and test whether a door is locked properly.

A robot performs an appropriate operation in accordance with a position control, whereby an operation is carried out to pass a hook as a second engagement member through a hooking hole as a first engagement member. Thereafter, the robot is switched to a servo float control, and receives a command to raise the hook relatively with respect to the hooking hole. An amount of rising of the hook is compared with a maximum allowable amount of rising (threshold value) of the hook.

A robot includes an operation control unit that determines an execution track, which is a movement path of the robot, and a drive mechanism that causes the robot to move along the execution track. The robot generates a planned track corresponding to an event before the event occurs. When the event actually occurs while the robot is moving along the execution track, the robot moves along the planned track rather than the execution track. A multiple of planned tracks are generated sequentially with respect to one event, and when a multiple of planned tracks have already been generated when the event occurs, one planned track is selected from among the multiple of planned tracks.

A robot includes a filming unit that films a periphery, and a movement control unit that controls a distance from a filmed target object in accordance with a size of the target object. The robot may further include an operation control unit that controls an operation of a head portion, and a recognizing unit that recognizes a face of the filmed target object. The operation control unit may control the operation of the head portion so that a line of sight of the head portion reaches an angle of looking up directed at the face of the target object. The movement control unit may control the distance from the target object in accordance with a height of the target object.

[Object] To provide an agent robot control system, an agent robot system, an agent robot control method, and a storage medium that can support optimum shopping in a physical shop and an online shop. [Solution] An agent robot control system including: an acquisition section configured to acquire a purchase master list indicating a candidate of a purchase commercial product of a user; and a control section configured to generate a purchase execution list for recommending purchase in a physical shop for a partial commercial product of the purchase master list, and recommending purchase in an online shop for another commercial product.

A robot control device includes: a measuring unit to measure a robot control state indicative of a position and a posture of the robot; a work area setting unit to store, for each of work processes, a work area that is defined by work movement of the worker between a start and an end of each of the work processes and includes a space a body of the worker occupies and to set the work area corresponding to the work process currently carried out by the worker based on a signal specifying the work process currently carried out by the worker; and a robot command generator to generate a motion command for the robot based on the work area and the robot control state. The generator varies the command for the robot based on whether the robot is present in the work area.

A robot operation evaluation device includes: an operational state calculator for calculating an operational state of an evaluation region that is a movable region of a robot, based on an operational state of the robot; a shape-feature quantity calculator for calculating a shape-feature quantity depending on an operation direction of the evaluation region corresponding to the operational state calculated; and an evaluation value calculator for calculating an evaluation value representing a risk degree of the operational state of the evaluation region with respect to the operation direction, based on the shape-feature quantity.

An object recognizer recognizes a position and an attitude of a target object based on data measured by a sensor. A safe distance calculator calculates a distance from the target object to a certain object which is other than an object manipulation apparatus and the target object. A manipulation controller controls the pickup device based on the position and the attitude of the target object, and based on the distance from the target object to the certain object. When there are a plurality of target objects to be selected by the object manipulation apparatus, the manipulation controller selects one of the target objects having distances to the certain object longer than a predetermined threshold, and manipulates the selected target object using the pickup device.

A biomimetics based robot and process for simulation is disclosed. The robot may include filament driven and fluid pumped elastomer based artificial muscles coordinated for slow twitch/fast twitch contraction and movement of the robot by one or more microcontrollers. A process may provide physics based simulation for movement of a robot in a virtual setting. Successfully tested movement data may be stored and embedded into a robot at build and/or before a new movement in programmed into the robot.