Battery-Aware Robot Control for Lifelike Charging Behavior
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing robots lack the ability to realistically imitate the behavior and emotional responses of living beings, particularly during transitions such as charging and battery depletion, which affects user interaction and engagement.
Innovation Solution
A robot equipped with a rechargeable battery and a controller that adjusts operations based on battery level changes, incorporating sensors and motors to mimic living creature behaviors and emotional responses, using a control content table to determine appropriate actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the robot performs fixed operations regardless of battery level, then the control system is simple, but the robot cannot realistically imitate living thing behaviors during charging transitions
Solution Approach 1:
The robot's operational state dynamically changes based on battery level. When battery level is above a threshold, the robot performs active operations; when below the threshold, the robot transitions to charging mode and performs resting operations. This dynamic state adjustment based on power availability enables realistic behavior imitation while maintaining manageable control complexity through clear state transitions.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller monitors battery level parameters and adjusts operational parameters accordingly. By detecting changes in battery level (power state transitions), the system switches between different operation modes (active vs. charging mode), enabling the robot to realistically imitate living thing behaviors that respond to energy availability without requiring complex control architecture.
2Use of energy by moving object
If the robot transitions to charging mode, then energy is replenished, but the robot must stop power-consuming operations
Solution Approach 1:
The robot operates in periodic cycles alternating between active operations and charging mode. When battery level drops below a threshold, the robot enters charging mode to replenish energy, then resumes operations when charged. This periodic alternation ensures sufficient energy supply while maintaining overall productivity through structured operation-rest cycles that imitate natural living thing behavior patterns.
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AI summary
A robot that imitates a living thing and is driven by a battery that is rechargeable, includes an operator for causing the robot to perform an operation imitating a living thing, and a controller. In a case where the battery changes from a powered state in which a power supply operation for charging is in progress to a non-powered state that is a state in which the power supply operation is stopped, the controller controls the operator with a control content that is determined in accordance with the remaining level of the battery at timing corresponding to the change.