Sony Corporation

Speecys Corp.

Tomoaki Kasuga

Ayako Okita

Tetsuya Konishi

Tadashi Otsuki

Tsunetaro Matsuoka

Yaeko Fujita

Toshiya Ogura

Kunio Takemoto

Hideki Nakakita

The figure system includes: a plurality of drive units each including an actuator that generates rotative force; and a figure including a plurality of movable mechanisms and a plurality of flexible wires. The movable mechanisms each include a movable body that operates by the rotative force and an operation amount detector that detects an amount of operation of the movable body. The flexible wires include their respective first ends that are coupled to the movable bodies. The rotative force generated by one of the actuators is transmitted to corresponding one of the movable bodies through one of the flexible wires.

Figure, drive unit, power mechanism, and figure system

A figure system includes a drive unit and a figure. The drive unit includes a plurality of first actuators. The figure includes a plurality of joints. The joints have one or more axial joint mechanisms. Drive force derived from at least one of the first actuators is transmitted to corresponding at least one of the axial joint mechanisms through a wire. The drive unit includes, as the plurality of first actuators, a plurality of servomotors having respective drive shafts. The figure includes coupler members having respective bearing holes. The bearing holes are detachably coupled to the respective drive shafts of the servomotors, or configured to be detachably coupled to the respective drive shafts of the servomotors. The wire has a first end coupled to corresponding one of the axial joint mechanisms, and a second end coupled to corresponding one of the coupler members.

Figure, base, and figure system

To provide a robot which autonomously forms and performs an action plan in response to external factors without direct command input from an operator. When reading a story printed in a book or other print media or recorded in recording media or when reading a story downloaded through a network, the robot does not simply read every single word as it is written. Instead, the robot uses external factors, such as a change of time, a change of season, or a change in a user's mood, and dynamically alters the story as long as the changed contents are substantially the same as the original contents. As a result, the robot can read aloud the story whose contents would differ every time the story is read.

Legged robot, legged robot behavior control method, and storage medium

The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic apparatus () which acts autonomously recognizes a bar code (BC) or the like appended to a canned juice () and acts in a predetermined manner. This is only enabled under a predetermined contract made between a product manufacturer and robotic apparatus manufacturer. The contract coverage is that the product manufacturer shall append the bar code (BC) to a specific product while the robotic apparatus manufacturer shall provide a robotic apparatus () which can act in a predetermined manner when having recognized the bar code (BC).

Automatic apparatus, information server, robotic apparatus and commercial transaction method for performing an action based on information

Robot-related information held at a robot user and data held at a robot manufacturer are used to enhance the user's sense of attachment to the robot. Each terminal device is operable to send information about the robot to a telecommunication line and to receive answer information sent from a server to the robot user via the telecommunication line. The server generates answer information on the basis of robot-related information sent from the personal terminal device and previously stored reference information corresponding to the robot-related information; and sends the answer information to the personal terminal device&mdash;via the telecommunication line. The answer information is for example a diagnostic report on the robot.

Robotic device management system and method, and information management apparatus

The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic apparatus ( ) which acts autonomously recognizes a bar code (BC) or the like appended to a canned juice ( ) and acts in a predetermined manner. This is only enabled under a predetermined contract made between a product manufacturer and robotic apparatus manufacturer. The contract coverage is that the product manufacturer shall append the bar code (BC) to a specific product while the robotic apparatus manufacturer shall provide a robotic apparatus ( ) which can act in a predetermined manner when having recognized the bar code (BC).

System and method for generating an action of an automatic apparatus

A robot-related information held at a robot user ad data held at a robot manufacturer as well as to enhance the user's sense of attachment to the robot. Each of personal terminal devices ( A to D) has both a function to send information on a robot to a telecommunication line ( ) and a function to receive answer information sent from a server ( ) to the robot user via the telecommunication line, and the server ( ) generates answer information on the basis of robot-related information sent from the personal terminal devices ( A to D) via the telecommunication line and reference information previously stored in an information storage device and corresponding to the robot-related information and sends the answer information to the personal terminal devices ( A to D) via the telecommunication line. The answer information is a diagnostic report on the robot.

Robot managing system, robot managing method, and information managing device

In an authoring system, a user creates and edits a scenario for a robot by using a GUI screen and a mouse. An authoring tool converts the scenario into a mnemonic code called &ldquo;RCODE&rdquo;. When an RCODE action-control program is debugged, the RCODE program is extracted and encrypted step by step. The encrypted program is sequentially transferred to the robot by means of radio communication. The interpreter of the robot performs debugging by sequentially interpreting and executing the transferred program.

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Chiba, Japan

Tomoaki Kasuga