A control device for controlling a moving body moving autonomously, at least temporarily, in an area where pedestrians walk includes a processor configured to execute a program to recognize positions of the pedestrians in a time series, calculate an index value indicating a degree of cooperation of each of the pedestrians on a basis of a result of the recognition, set a risk area around each of the pedestrians, the risk area becoming larger as the index value decreases, and generate a route for the moving body to follow in the future to avoid the risk area.

Aspects include a method for operating a robot, including: capturing, with a sensor disposed on the robot, sensor data of objects within an environment of the robot as the robot moves within the environment; identifying, with a processor, at least a first object among a plurality of objects within the environment based on the sensor data; generating, with the processor, a virtual boundary adjacent to a location of the at least the first object; and actuating the robot to avoid crossing locations within the environment corresponding with the virtual boundary.

A management device includes a storage configured to store map information on each area in which a robot that travels autonomously outdoors and indoors travels, and processing circuitry configured to collect external information containing disaster information, receive a current position of the robot or a travel route for the robot from a control device that controls the robot, based on the external information, sense occurrence of a disaster and a disaster occurrence area in which the disaster occurs, based on the current position of the robot or the travel route for the robot, specify the robot that is positioned in the disaster occurrence area or the robot that is predicted to be positioned in the disaster occurrence area, and based on the external information and the map information, determine an evacuation route to an evacuation site that is set previously.

In various examples, a technique for generating a path between a current location and a target waypoint is disclosed that includes receiving a route plan that is associated with a plurality of waypoints representing locations in a physical environment. The technique also includes identifying a search space that includes the route plan, and identifying a target waypoint of the plurality of waypointsthe target waypoint being in a portion of the search space between a current location of a mobile robot and an end waypoint of the route plan. A path between the current location of the mobile robot and the target waypoint may then be generated.

The present disclosure relates to a mobile robot control device and method. The mobile robot control device according to the present disclosure comprises: a sensor for sensing a path in the traveling direction of the mobile robot; and a controller which includes one or more processors and memories and controls the path or speed of the mobile robot, wherein the controller controls the path or speed of the mobile robot when a blind spot that cannot be sensed by the sensor is detected on the path of the mobile robot, thereby exhibiting the advantages of reducing the risk of collision with an obstacle approaching in a blind spot and optimally controlling the speed and path of the mobile robot.

For example, a processor of a mobile robot, e.g., a processor implemented by a safety sensor of the mobile robot, may configured to identify an intended object to be carried by the mobile robot. For example, the processor may be configured to determine whether the intended object is detected based, for example, on sensor information from at least one sensor of the mobile robot. For example, the processor may be configured to configure a safety zone for the mobile robot based on one or more attributes of the intended object, for example, based on a determination that the intended object is detected.

The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of easily setting a highly-reliable entry prohibited area. An information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technique sets a parameter of each area used for an action plan for a mobile object on the basis of a person's recognition state during movement estimated by people flow data. The present technique may be applied to an information processing apparatus that controls an autonomous mobile robot.

A mobile body control device includes a storage medium configured to store computer-readable instructions, and a processor that is connected to the storage medium, in which the processor executes the computer-readable instructions to recognize surrounding conditions of a mobile body on the basis of at least an image of the surrounding conditions of the mobile body, generate a route composed of via points to be passed through by the mobile body, which is a route from the mobile body to a destination, on the basis of the recognized surrounding conditions and the set destination, control the mobile body so that the mobile body moves along the generated route to the destination via the via points, and when the surrounding conditions include an obstacle, determine whether to modify the route on the basis of at least one of a first area using the obstacle as a reference, a second area positioned outside the first area using the obstacle as a reference, and a third area positioned outside the second area using the obstacle as a reference, and the route.

A combine (work vehicle) is provided with: a positioning unit that obtains a measurement point indicating a position of a vehicle body; an initial external shape generating unit that generates an initial external shape of an agricultural field on the basis of a travel trajectory of the vehicle body constituted of a plurality of measurement points obtained when the vehicle body was manually driven along an external edge of the agricultural field; and an obstacle identification unit that identifies an obstacle for travel on the basis of the travel trajectory and generates an obstacle area including the identified obstacle.

The present invention relates to a vehicle, which is used in particular for transporting objects, in particular workpieces. Here, preferably one or more receiving elements for receiving one or more objects are provided.