US 12,296,481 B2
Robot control device and robot control method
Yusuke Kawabe, Tokyo (JP); Kensuke Kitamura, Tokyo (JP); and Katsuhisa Ito, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/584,536.
Application 18/584,536 is a continuation of application No. 17/425,365, granted, now 12,023,811, previously published as PCT/JP2020/002686, filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-015697 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0189992 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. A63H 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1628 (2013.01) [A63H 11/00 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01); A63H 2200/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/0003 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A robot control device, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect an external force on a position of a robot;
detect a touch, by a user on the robot;
determine, based on the detected external force and the detected touch by the user, information associated with a touching manner, wherein the touching manner corresponds to a type of the detected touch;
acquire user attribute information associated with the user;
acquire emotion information of the robot;
determine a frequency of application of the external force; and
determine a motion of the robot based on the information associated with the touching manner, the user attribute information, the emotion information, and the frequency of application of the external force.