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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a store robot for improving the convenience of merchandise purchase by a shopping customer in a store such as a supermarket. SOLUTION: This store robot 1 is provided with a basket 2 for storing merchandise, a moving means 6 for driving the independent traveling of this basket, an obstacle sensor 5 for detecting an obstacle in periphery of the basket and a user recognizing means 4 for recognizing the user of the basket, and for calculating a distance between the obstacle and the user. Thus, it is possible for this store robot to move following up the user based on a distance calculated by the user recognizing means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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