US 11,994,875 B2
Control device, control method, and control system
Shogo Okada, Tokyo (JP); Shota Moriya, Tokyo (JP); Ayako Kishi, Wako (JP); Junya Onishi, Wako (JP); Yuki Takebe, Wako (JP); and Kayono Kamimura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,466.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-042698 (JP), filed on Mar. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0300012 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0297 (2013.01) [G05D 1/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device that controls a robot capable of self-propelling, the control device comprising:
at least one processor circuit with a memory comprising instructions, that when executed by the processor circuit, causes the processor circuit to:
identify a position of a facility staff member in a facility;
identify a position of a visitor in the facility; and
instruct the robot capable of self-propelling to move, wherein
in a case where it is determined that the facility staff member that has been identified is absent in a predetermined range near the visitor that has been identified, the robot is caused to move into the predetermined range.