Robot

Abstract

This robot moves to a place where a user exists in accordance with a call of the user to call it, recognizes pressing of a push button switch as an intention of the user to have communication when the press button switch is pushed by the user, dials up a previously registered telephone number of the other party for emergency communication, phonetically informs a message to the other party by reading the previously specified message when the other party answers the telephone and thereafter makes the telephone in a hand-free state making it possible to speak over the telephone without using hands.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a robot having a movement mechanism which enables the robot to move freely. Background technique [0002] The geriatric population has increased so far and is expected to increase more and more in the future. In such an aging society, for example, when an elderly person falls ill unexpectedly at home alone, how to make an emergency call for help is a serious issue. [0003] A phone with the ability to send emergency calls can be used in this case. However, such a phone is useless when the patient cannot move at all because he / she needs to get to where the phone is. [0004] There is a technique of automatically transmitting an emergency call using a mobile robot (for example, refer to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-300950). In this technology, when the robot's multiple sensors detect abnormalities such as fire, gas leaks, intruders, etc., the detected abnormalities are automatically notified to the fire brigade, police stat...

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Problems solved by technology

[0007] However, even to provide such an improved system, it still has the problem of how to accurately detect the abnormality of the human body, and the privacy of the individual may be violated if a detection error occurs.

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