Abstract:
A device control apparatus includes a processor for controlling a device such as a pet robot. The processor determines whether a voltage of a battery of a device has dropped below a movement reference voltage. If the voltage of the battery has dropped below the movement reference voltage, the processor causes the device to transition to a power-off state. While the device is in the power-off state and during charging of the battery, the processor determines whether the voltage of the battery has reached or exceeded an activation reference voltage. In response to determining that the voltage of the charging battery has reached or exceeded the activation reference voltage, the processor causes the device to transition to a power-on state and control a first movement range of a functional unit of the device to be restricted. The activation reference voltage is higher than the movement reference voltage of the device, which is used to control a second movement range of the functional unit during charging the battery.
Abstract:
A power supply system includes: an indicator lamp; and at least one processor. The at least one processor executes retry processing of stopping and then restarting non-contact power supply in a case where an error occurs during the non-contact power supply performed on a robot. The at least one processor maintains a display manner of the indicator lamp during execution of the retry processing as a first manner same as a manner when the error does not occur, in a case where a state of the non-contact power supply is notified by a display manner of the indicator lamp and the occurring error corresponds to an error of a first classification.
Abstract:
A robot includes a torso, a head coupled to the torso so as to be rotatable with respect to the torso, and at least one processor. The at least one processor determines whether the torso is inclined from a horizontal direction and, in a case where a determination is made that the torso is inclined from the horizontal direction, controls an actuator to rotate the head with respect to the torso such that the head faces the horizontal direction.
Abstract:
A robot includes at least one processor configured to update, in accordance with a type of an acquired external stimulus, an emotion parameter expressed by a position on a positioning map having at least two coordinate axes and expressing a pseudo-emotion, and execute action control corresponding to the updated emotion parameter, and a memory configured to store a first table and a second table. In a case of updating the emotion parameter, the at least one processor acquires, from the first table, the evaluation value corresponding to the type of acquired external stimulus and acquires, from the second table, the correction value corresponding to a current position of the emotion parameter on the positioning map, and move, based on the acquired evaluation value and the acquired correction value, a position of the emotion parameter on the positioning map.
Abstract:
A plurality of captured images having a successive relation is displayed on a display screen with the successive relation being maintained. Then, when the plurality of captured images include a plurality of first captured images acquired by a plurality of successive photographing operations and a second captured image acquired by an individual photographing operation different from the plurality of successive photographing operations, the second captured image is displayed such that it is differentiated from the plurality of first captured images by, for example, the background area of the second captured image being represented in a display form different from that of another area.
Abstract:
A page-turning device for turning a page of an opened book, page-turning device including an adhesive part which adheres to the page of the book; an arm part with the adhesive part provided on a top end, the arm part making the adhesive part go to and fro between a departure position and a destination position such that the adhesive part adheres to the page at the departure position and separates from the page at the destination position; and a drive unit which rotates the adhesive part in relation to the arm part. The drive unit rotates the adhesive part before the adhesive part reaches the destination position so that an adhering portion of the adhesive part is changed, and stops rotation of the adhesive part when the adhesive part adheres to the page.
Abstract:
A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a turning unit and a blower. The turning unit holds the page at a departure position of the page of the book being opened and releases the holding of the page at a destination position of the page. The blower sends air above the page at the departure position to blow against the page at the destination position.
Abstract:
A robot acts autonomously and includes a first table, a second table, and a controller. The first table stores a growth parameter indicating a growth of the robot and data indicating behavior information specifying an action of the robot corresponding to the growth parameter in association with each other. The second table stores data indicating the behavior information and data indicating an action file defining the action of the robot in association with each other. The controller acquires the growth parameter and causes, based on data stored in the first table and data stored in the second table, the robot to perform an action corresponding to the acquired growth parameter.
Abstract:
An apparatus control device includes an emotion setter that sets, in accordance with an external stimulus acting on the apparatus, an emotion parameter expressing a pseudo-emotion; and an emotion changer that changes the set emotion parameter when the pseudo-emotion is close to a predetermined state and, also, the external stimulus is not detected in a predetermined period.
Abstract:
A casing has a guide sheet attached or printed on the inner side thereof which has a written guide such as an illustration for informing a user of an installation position of a page-turning main body section and an installation position of an imaging apparatus stand for each book size. This guide sheet has written thereon markers each representing a placement position on a holding table for each book size and symbols each representing an installation position of the page-turning main body section adapted to a book size with the holding table on the casing as a reference for each of the markers. Also, on the guide sheet, installation positions of the page-turning main body section are written corresponding to the symbols.