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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2002
Tsuyoshi Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Fujita, Saitama, JP;
Rika Hasegawa, Chiba, JP;
Kotaro Sabe, Tokyo, JP;
Craig Ronald Arkin, Atlanta, GA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A behavior decision system ( ) includes a perceptual information acquisition unit ( ) which acquires a cause factor being external or internal information acquired by a CCD camera ( ), distance sensor ( ), microphone ( ) or the like and which influences a behavior and a motivational information acquisition unit ( ) which acquires an occurrence tendency of a behavior influenced by the cause factor based on the cause factor from the perceptual information acquisition unit ( ), a behavior selecting processor ( ) which compares occurrence tendencies corresponding to two or more behaviors, acquired by the perceptual information acquisition unit ( ) and motivational information acquisition unit ( ) and belonging to the same group, to thereby select one of the behaviors, and an output semantics converter module ( ) which controls moving parts based on the behavior selected by the behavior selecting processor ( ) for expressing the selected behavior. With the behavior decision system, there can be provided a robot having an improved likeness to a living thing or a creature and showing a more similar behavior to that of an animal.