CPC E01H 1/006 (2013.01) [A01K 15/021 (2013.01); A01K 27/004 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); B25J 9/0003 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/163 (2013.01); G05D 1/0223 (2013.01)] | 2 Claims |
1. A guidance vehicle that guides a dog for a walk, comprising:
a leash attachment configured to attach a leash that connects the dog;
a distance sensor configured to detect a dog-to-vehicle distance being a distance between the dog and the guidance vehicle;
a top plate having a riding surface configured for the dog to ride on;
a dog paw position sensor including one or more dog paw position detectors associated with one or more traveling directions of the guidance vehicle, and attached to a dog riding section of the riding surface; and
an electronic control unit configured to execute a travel control of the guidance vehicle, wherein
the electronic control unit includes, as one of a plurality of modes of the travel control, a walk guidance mode that causes the guidance vehicle to automatically travel along a walk route while guiding the dog to walk,
the walk guidance mode executed by the electronic control unit includes a basic walk mode that controls the dog-to-vehicle distance so as to maintain a constant distance when the dog is moving along the walk route, and
the electronic control unit includes a dog operation mode that controls travel of the guidance vehicle based on an input to the dog paw position sensor as one of the modes of the travel control.
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