Robot Movement Control Using Simulated Growth and Character Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing device control systems, such as robot devices, lack the ability to simulate growth and adapt movements based on user interaction and emotional states, resulting in limited user engagement and realism.
Innovation Solution
A device control apparatus that includes a processor to set growth degree data, acquire character data, and selectively control movement modes based on growth degree and character data, utilizing sensors and motors to simulate emotional states and interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a robot device uses fixed movement patterns, then the control system is simple, but the user engagement and realism are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the robot's movement modes changeable based on simulated growth degree. The control system transitions from fixed patterns to dynamic adaptation where movement characteristics evolve as the robot 'grows,' allowing the same hardware to exhibit different behaviors at different developmental stages without requiring multiple physical systems
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying movement parameters (speed, acceleration, trajectory) based on the simulated growth degree parameter. As the growth degree parameter increases, the movement parameters are adjusted to reflect more mature or refined motion patterns, enabling adaptability through software-based parameter adjustment rather than hardware changes
2Adaptability or versatility
If a robot device simulates growth and emotional states, then user engagement improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying by creating a virtual model of growth and emotional states through software parameters rather than implementing physical biological systems. The simulated growth degree and emotional state parameters are digital representations that mirror real-world concepts, allowing complex behaviors to be emulated through data structures and algorithms without requiring complex physical implementations
Solution Approach 2:
The control system achieves multi-functionality by using a single integrated system that handles both movement control and growth simulation. The same processor and memory units that control basic motor functions also manage the simulated growth degree and emotional state parameters, allowing one system to perform multiple functions without requiring separate dedicated hardware for each capability
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AI summary
A device control apparatus includes at least one processor that executes a program stored in at least one memory. The at least one processor sets growth degree data representing a simulated growth degree of a device, acquires character data representing a simulated character of the device, acquires other data related to the device, the other data being different from the character data, selectively sets a first movement mode based on the character data and a second movement mode based on the other data as a movement mode of the device according to the set growth degree data, and controls a movement of the device according to the set movement mode.