摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make safely and exclusively sharable an elevator between an autonomous mobile robot and general people in an elevator getting on/off system for the autonomous mobile robot. <P>SOLUTION: This elevator getting on/off system 1 comprises an elevator device 2 and the autonomous mobile robot 3 getting on/off an elevator car 22 and autonomously moving in areas across a plurality of floors. The elevator device 2 comprises an elevator control part 20 controlling the entire of the elevator, radio communication means 25 and 26 communicating with the autonomous mobile robot 3, and a person detection means 4 installed in the elevator car 22 and detecting the presence or absence of a person in the car. When the autonomous mobile robot 3 gets on the elevator car 22, the elevator control part 20 checks by the person detection means 4 whether a person is present or not in the elevator car 22. When the elevator control part detects a person, it does not move the elevator car 22 but prompts the person to get off the elevator car 22 by giving a warning to the person by using a voice generating device 5 and a warning display 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |