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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile robot for precisely and efficiently specifying its own location by using an appropriate landmark as a sign of movement. SOLUTION: This mobile robot 1 moving based on a landmark is provided with a landmark candidate detecting means 112 for detecting a landmark candidate at the robot location at the destination of movement, a landmark distance specifying means 114 for specifying a landmark distance to the landmark candidate, an appropriateness evaluation value calculating means 114 for calculating an appropriateness evaluation value for the landmark candidate based on the landmark distance and a robot location specifying means 118 for specifying the robot location based on the appropriateness evaluation value of the landmark candidate and the appropriateness evaluation value stored so as to be associated with a registered landmark in a landmark storing means 103. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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