Disclosed herein is a method of detecting stalled state of a dynamic pool equipment unit, comprising receiving a plurality of movement features relating to a dynamic pool equipment unit deployed in a water pool which are captured during a predefined sampling window and comprise (1) motion features of the pool equipment unit, and (2) operational features of electric motor(s) of the pool equipment unit, determining a movement pattern of the pool equipment unit using one or more statistical models applied to the plurality of movement features which are trained to estimate a stalled state of the pool equipment unit in which the pool equipment unit is pitched up and unable to advance on a slopped obstacle in the water pool, and causing the pool equipment unit to stop attempted advance in a current direction responsive to determining that the pool equipment unit is in the stalled state.

A control device tries derivation of a first control command using a first control model, and controls, if the derivation of the first control command by the first control model is normal, a mobile body according to the derived first control command. If an abnormality occurs in the derivation of the first control command by the first control model, the control device controls the mobile body according to a second control command derived from a second control model or a third control command originating from a manual operation by a user. The second control model is configured to be capable of normally deriving the control command in at least a part of scenes of an abnormality occurring in derivation of the control command by the first control model.

A control device tries derivation of a first control command using a first control model, and controls, if the derivation of the first control command by the first control model is normal, a mobile body according to the derived first control command. If an abnormality occurs in the derivation of the first control command by the first control model, the control device controls the mobile body according to a second control command derived from a second control model or a third control command originating from a manual operation by a user. The second control model is configured to be capable of normally deriving the control command in at least a part of scenes of an abnormality occurring in derivation of the control command by the first control model.

Provided is a control method for an automated guided system including a step of providing an automated guided vehicle including a sensor and a watchdog timer, a controller, and an alarm, an initializing step of initializing a count value, a first checking step of checking an abnormal state of the sensor, a count increasing step of increasing the count value, and a step of performing a recovery operation, the step of performing the recovery operation includes a second checking step of rechecking the abnormal state, a step of turning on the alarm; a third checking step of rechecking the abnormal state, and a step of turning off the alarm.

Provided is a control method for an automated guided system including a step of providing an automated guided vehicle including a sensor and a watchdog timer, a controller, and an alarm, an initializing step of initializing a count value, a first checking step of checking an abnormal state of the sensor, a count increasing step of increasing the count value, and a step of performing a recovery operation, the step of performing the recovery operation includes a second checking step of rechecking the abnormal state, a step of turning on the alarm; a third checking step of rechecking the abnormal state, and a step of turning off the alarm.

The remote support system includes a mobile body, a mobile terminal, and a safety device. The mobile terminal wirelessly transmits a control signal based on an operation input from an operator who remotely supports the mobile body to the mobile body. The safety device is physically connected to the mobile terminal and exchanges diagnostic signals with the mobile body via the mobile terminal. The mobile body executes the traveling control of the mobile body based on the control signal from the mobile terminal when the abnormality is not detected in the diagnostic signal received from the safety device via the mobile terminal, and does not execute the traveling control when the abnormality is detected.

The remote support system includes a mobile body, a mobile terminal, and a safety device. The mobile terminal wirelessly transmits a control signal based on an operation input from an operator who remotely supports the mobile body to the mobile body. The safety device is physically connected to the mobile terminal and exchanges diagnostic signals with the mobile body via the mobile terminal. The mobile body executes the traveling control of the mobile body based on the control signal from the mobile terminal when the abnormality is not detected in the diagnostic signal received from the safety device via the mobile terminal, and does not execute the traveling control when the abnormality is detected.

One purpose of the present invention is to provide a search assistance device, etc., capable of assisting in searching for a mobile object. A search assistance device according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises an acquisition means that acquires abnormality notification information transmitted from a mobile object in which an abnormality has occurred among a plurality of mobile objects, a specification means that specifies an attribute of a search target, which is the mobile object that has transmitted the abnormality notification information, on the basis of attribute information that relates to the attributes of mobile objects and is stored in a storage means; and a calculation means that calculates a search priority level according to the attribute of the search target on the basis of a predetermined rule.

One purpose of the present invention is to provide a search assistance device, etc., capable of assisting in searching for a mobile object. A search assistance device according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises an acquisition means that acquires abnormality notification information transmitted from a mobile object in which an abnormality has occurred among a plurality of mobile objects, a specification means that specifies an attribute of a search target, which is the mobile object that has transmitted the abnormality notification information, on the basis of attribute information that relates to the attributes of mobile objects and is stored in a storage means; and a calculation means that calculates a search priority level according to the attribute of the search target on the basis of a predetermined rule.

An information processing method is an information processing method executed by a computer, and includes: obtaining first information related to a service executed by each of at least one mobile body, among a plurality of mobile bodies that move autonomously, when an event to which a responder is to respond by traveling to a position of the at least one mobile body is occurring in the at least one mobile body; calculating, based on the first information obtained, a response necessity level indicating a degree of a necessity to respond to the event, for each of the at least one mobile body; and outputting second information related to the response necessity level calculated.