There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that can provide more useful information for an action plan of an autonomous mobile body, the information processing apparatus including an action recommendation unit configured to present a recommended action recommended to an autonomous mobile body, to the autonomous mobile body that performs an action plan based on situation estimation. The action recommendation unit determines the recommended action on the basis of an action history collected from a plurality of the autonomous mobile bodies, and on the basis of a situation summary received from a target autonomous mobile body that is a target of recommendation. The information processing method includes presenting, by a processor, a recommended action recommended to an autonomous mobile body, to the autonomous mobile body that performs an action plan based on situation estimation.

An apparatus and method of controlling an eye assembly of a patient simulator. The method generally includes receiving, via a data input device, one or more inputs, transmitting the one or more inputs to a controller in communication with the data input device, and controlling, using the controller and based on the one or more inputs, the eye assembly of the patient simulator to simulate ocular disease, which ocular disease includes nystagmus, blepharospasm, ptosis, idling, or a combination of two or more thereof.

A patient simulator having a right eye assembly including a right pupil, a right eyelid assembly including a right eyelid, a left eye assembly including a left pupil, a left eyelid assembly including a left eyelid, a transmitter configured to transmit a signal toward an object placed in front of the patient simulator, a sensor configured to sense a signal reflected off the object, and a microprocessor configured to determine a location of the object based on the sensed signal, and to effect movement of one or more of the right pupil, the right eyelid, the left eye, or the left eyelid based on the determined location of the object.

An animatronic toy includes a motor, a compound geneva gear assembly, and a plurality of moving parts. The compound geneva gear assembly has a plurality of geneva drivers driven by the motor and a plurality of geneva followers. Each of the geneva followers are positioned to be driven by one of the geneva drivers. The geneva drivers are rotationally coupled to each other. Each of the geneva drivers includes at least one set of teeth and at least one stop. Each of the geneva followers includes at least one set of teeth and at least one cutout. The plurality of moving parts are driven by the geneva followers. The geneva drivers may form a compound geneva driver with an axis of rotation, a plurality of sets of teeth extending radially and a plurality of stops disposed in an alternating pattern along the axis of rotation.

An animatronic toy includes a motor, a compound geneva gear assembly, and a plurality of moving parts. The compound geneva gear assembly has a plurality of geneva drivers driven by the motor and a plurality of geneva followers. Each of the geneva followers are positioned to be driven by one of the geneva drivers. The geneva drivers are rotationally coupled to each other. Each of the geneva drivers includes at least one set of teeth and at least one stop. Each of the geneva followers includes at least one set of teeth and at least one cutout. The plurality of moving parts are driven by the geneva followers. The geneva drivers may form a compound geneva driver with an axis of rotation, a plurality of sets of teeth extending radially and a plurality of stops disposed in an alternating pattern along the axis of rotation.

A robot includes an operation control unit that selects a motion of the robot, a drive mechanism that executes a motion selected by the operation control unit, an eye control unit that causes an eye image to he displayed on a monitor installed in the robot, and a recognizing unit that detects a user. The eye control unit causes a pupil region included in the eye image to change in accordance with a relative position of the user and the robot. A configuration may be such that the eye control unit causes the pupil region to change when detecting a sight line direction of the user, or when the user is in a predetermined range.

A transformable building block comprises a body configured to receive a connector post or other portion of another building element, an appendage movably coupled to the body, and a post configured to protrude from the body and retract into the body. Inserting a connector post into the body of the transformable building block may cause the appendage to move and the post to protrude from the body. Removing the connector post from the body may cause the post to retract into the body.

A plush toy having an attached lenticular printed film is described. The plush toy may comprise an exterior surface comprising a front fabric panel, a rear fabric panel, and an interior surrounded by the exterior surface and comprising a filling. The exterior surface may comprise a lenticular printed film sewn to the front fabric panel along a second seam and comprising a first embedded image and a second embedded image different from the first embedded image. The plush toy may have a substantially flat face to limit any ghosting effect in the lenticular printed film. The lenticular printed film may display a pair of eyes, a nose, and/or other facial features. The plush toy head may also have legs, feet, arms, hands, ears, and/or a tail.

A plush toy having an attached lenticular printed film is described. The plush toy may comprise an exterior surface comprising a front fabric panel, a rear fabric panel, and an interior surrounded by the exterior surface and comprising a filling. The exterior surface may comprise a lenticular printed film sewn to the front fabric panel along a second seam and comprising a first embedded image and a second embedded image different from the first embedded image. The plush toy may have a substantially flat face to limit any ghosting effect in the lenticular printed film. The lenticular printed film may display a pair of eyes, a nose, and/or other facial features. The plush toy head may also have legs, feet, arms, hands, ears, and/or a tail.

This disclosure provides devices and methods for implementing a robotic doll head. An implementation of the doll head can have a face mask having a pair of integral eyelids and an eyeball actuation frame supporting a pair of moveable eye assemblies. Each moveable eye assembly can have an eyeball element and an eyelid actuator assembly. The eyelid actuator assembly can have an eyelid support that can be coupled to an interior surface of one integral eyelid of the pair of integral eyelids. The eyelid actuator assembly can have a drive band configured to magnetically couple to the eyelid support and move the drive band in an arcuate path to blink the integral eyelids. The moveable eye assemblies can be offset from a centerline of the doll head by a separation angle by the eyeball actuation frame.