Autonomous Robot Action Planning for User Discipline Training

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing autonomous mobile bodies lack the ability to be disciplined by users, which limits the user experience and interaction with these devices.

Innovation Solution

An autonomous mobile body equipped with a recognition unit, an action planning unit, and an operation control unit that allows users to instruct and discipline the device by recognizing instructions, planning actions, and executing them, with the ability to change the detail of a predetermined action as the instruction is repeated.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the autonomous mobile body performs fixed predetermined actions, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability and user experience are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the action details changeable rather than fixed. The action planning unit dynamically adjusts action parameters (speed, position, posture, duration) based on the number of times a predetermined action has been executed, allowing the system to adapt its behavior while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements parameter changes by modifying action parameters (speed, position, posture, duration) based on the execution count of predetermined actions. This allows the autonomous mobile body to exhibit varied behavior through parameter adjustment rather than through complex structural changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If the autonomous mobile body executes fixed actions without variation, then the ease of operation is improved, but the user experience and interaction quality deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system maintains ease of operation by keeping the overall control structure simple while introducing dynamic variation in action execution. The action planning unit automatically adjusts action details based on execution history, providing rich user experience without complicating the operation interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The autonomous mobile body serves itself by automatically adjusting its action parameters based on the number of times predetermined actions have been executed. This self-adjustment mechanism enhances user experience without requiring complex user input or intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If the action planning unit changes action details based on repeated instructions, then the adaptability and user experience are improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves this contradiction by implementing parameter changes rather than structural complexity. The action planning unit modifies action parameters (speed, position, posture, duration) based on execution count, achieving adaptability through software-based parameter adjustment rather than hardware complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces what would otherwise require complex mechanical systems with information processing. The action planning unit uses computational logic to determine action parameters based on execution history, substituting mechanical complexity with software-based decision making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12263592B2Autonomous mobile body, information processing method, and information processing device
Publication Date: 2025.04.01 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

Provided is an autonomous mobile body, an information processing method, and an information processing device that enable a user to experience discipline for the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body includes a recognition unit that recognizes an instruction given, an action planning unit that plans an action on the basis of the instruction recognized, and an operation control unit that controls execution of the action planned, in which the action planning unit changes a detail of a predetermined action as an action instruction that is an instruction for the predetermined action is repeated. The present technology can be applied to a robot, for example.