Nec Corporation

Manao Machida

Masumi Ichien

An acquisition unit () acquires information indicating the task performance ability possessed by one or more other autonomous behavior apparatuses. On the basis of the task performance ability possessed by a first autonomous behavior apparatus and the task performance ability possessed by the one or more other autonomous behavior apparatuses, a determination unit () determines a destination for the first autonomous behavior apparatus. A connection unit () communicatively connects a second autonomous behavior apparatus and the first autonomous behavior apparatus, said second autonomous behavior apparatus being among the one more more other autonomous behavior apparatuses with which the first autonomous behavior apparatus can communicate. A movement control unit () causes the first autonomous behavior apparatus to move to the destination while the communicative connection between the second autonomous behavior apparatus and the first autonomous behavior apparatus is maintained.

Control device, control method, and recording medium

A control system includes a control apparatus and a plurality of robots. The control apparatus includes a function acquisition unit that acquires a function, a function form conversion unit that converts the function into a distributed calculable form, and a variable conversion unit that sets, based on the function which form is converted, variables to be stored by each of the robots and a process corresponding to the variables, to the robot. Each of the plurality of robots a consensus control means that updates a variable value stored by the robot itself based on the set variable while sending and receiving variable values among other communicable robots, and a function value inference means that infers a function value from the variable based on the set process.

Control system, control apparatus, control method, and recording medium

The information processing deviceA mainly includes an acquisition unitA, a sampling unitA, an artificial force field calculation unitA, and an output unitA. The acquisition unitA is configured to acquire a task logical expression in which an objective task to be performed by a robot is expressed by a combination of a plurality of atomic tasks. The sampling unitA is configured to perform sampling of one potential function from among a plurality of potential functions each of which is synthesized atomic potential functions, the atomic potential functions each corresponding to each of the atomic tasks. The artificial force field calculation unitA is configured to calculate, on a basis of the sampled potential function, an approximate artificial force field which approximates an artificial force field yielded when the atomic potential functions are synthesized according to the task logical expression. The output unitA is configured to output the approximate artificial force field.

Information processing device, control method, and storage medium

The information processing deviceB includes an acquisition unitA, a potential function synthesizing unitA, and an objective function outputting unitA. The acquisition unitA acquires a task logical expression in which an objective task to be performed by a robot is expressed by a combination of a plurality of atomic tasks. The potential function synthesizing unitA synthesizes atomic potential functions, each of which is a potential function corresponding to each of the atomic tasks, based on the task logical expression. The objective function output unitA outputs an atomic potential function synthesized based on the task logical expression as an objective function for controlling the robot.

A route planning apparatusincludes a state information generation unitconfigured to generate, every unit time, state information indicating a state of each moving object, in a search for a first route to a target site corresponding to the moving object, a stop unitconfigured to stop generation of the state information when a condition for stopping generation of the state information is satisfied, and a route searching unitconfigured to search for a second route to the target site, based on the state information generated before the state transitioned, after generation of the state information is stopped.

Route planning apparatus, route planning method, and computer-readable recording medium

Provided is a route planning apparatus including a search unitconfigured to search for a first route that connects each moving object and a lay-by area, when a deadlock is detected in a route plan of one or more moving objects, and a re-planning unitconfigured to re-plan a second route from each moving objectto a target site such that the first routes which have been respectively found for the moving objectsdo not collide with each other.

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Tokyo, Japan

Manao Machida