The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, and a program that enable capturing an image suitable for use in image processing such as recognition of a target object. A control device according to an embodiment of the present technology generates a map including a target object existing around a moving object on the basis of output from a sensor provided on the moving object, and controls drive of a camera provided on the moving object that captures an image of the target object on the basis of a relation between a position of the target object and position of the moving object on the map. The present technology can be applied to a robot capable of acting autonomously.

The present technology relates to a moving body and a moving method that make it possible to move the moving body while causing the moving body to exert interactivity. The moving body of one aspect of the present technology moves while controlling a movement speed and a movement direction, depending on a state of the moving body, a state of a person located around the moving body, and a parameter indicating character or emotion of the moving body. The present technology can be applied to movable robots.

A mobile home robot is provided. The mobile home robot includes a storage configured to store in-home map data, a communication interface comprising communication interface circuitry, a camera, a user interface, and a processor configured to, based on device information of a plurality of Internet of things (IoT) devices installed in the home and an image captured through the camera while the mobile home robot moves around in the home, generate location information of each of the plurality of IoT devices, to map the generated location information with the map data, and in response to a user command being received through the user interface, to provide an IoT device location-based service based on the map data with which the location information is mapped.

A self-propelled device can include at least a wireless interface, a housing, a propulsion mechanism, and a camera. Using the camera, the self-propelled device can generate a video feed and transmit the video feed to a controller device via the wireless interface. The self-propelled device can receive an input from the controller device indicating an object or location in the video feed. In response to the input, the self-propelled device can initiate an autonomous mode to autonomously operate the propulsion mechanism to propel the self-propelled device towards the object or location indicated in the video feed.

A system for a remotely controlled device to determine its location and orientation is disclosed. The system includes a remotely controlled device, at least one sensor connected to the remotely controlled device, the at least one sensor comprising a processor, and at least one emitter, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to receive the signal from the at least one emitter and the processor is configured to determine the location and orientation of the remotely controlled device.

An agent includes a sensing device configured to sense an object in a real space, an existence probability map creation means configured to define the real space as a group of voxels, and create, every predetermined time, an existence probability map on which information of an existence probability of the object is recorded for each of the voxels, and an arrangeable position storage unit configured to store information of an arrangeable position.

Examples are provided of an entertainment robot featuring an infrared apparatus for use in determining a position of an object. In these examples, a power supply of a plurality of infrared transmitters is varied, wherein a control value used to set the power supply is transmitted by the plurality of infrared transmitters. The examples may be used in a first entertainment robot, for example, to determine a distance and orientation of another entertainment robot using received infrared signals. The entertainment robot may be controlled by a computing device such as a smartphone or tablet. The entertainment robot may comprise a gaming robot to be used in solo or group gaming activities.

An apparatus includes a movement mechanism, a sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a processor and a memory. The processor selects a target region, controls the movement mechanism to cause the apparatus to move to the target region, and causes a speaker to output a first sound. When counting a predetermined number, the processor causes the sensor to trace a movement locus of a user. In a case where the processor has determined that an acquired sound contains a predetermined speech, the processor controls the movement mechanism to cause the apparatus to move through a predetermined space. When the processor has determined that the apparatus is not to intentionally lose in a game of hide-and-seek, the processor controls the movement mechanism to cause the apparatus to move to a target blind spot within the predetermined space, and causes the speaker to output a second sound.

The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, and a program that enable capturing an image suitable for use in image processing such as recognition of a target object. A control device according to an embodiment of the present technology generates a map including a target object existing around a moving object on the basis of output from a sensor provided on the moving object, and controls drive of a camera provided on the moving object that captures an image of the target object on the basis of a relation between a position of the target object and position of the moving object on the map. The present technology can be applied to a robot capable of acting autonomously.

A self-propelled device is provided including a drive system, a spherical housing, and a biasing mechanism. The drive system includes one or more motors that are contained within the spherical housing. The biasing mechanism actively forces the drive system to continuously engage an interior of the spherical housing in order to cause the spherical housing to move.