TOY ROBOT PROGRAMMING

摘要

A method of controlling a robot (1102) having detection means (1103, 1104) for detecting an object (1109) in one of a number of zones relative to the robot; and processing means for selecting and performing a predetermined action in response to said detection, the action corresponding to the detected zone. The method comprises presenting to a user via a graphical user interface (1101) a number of area symbols (1106-1108) each representing a corresponding one of the zones relative to the robot; presenting via the graphical user interface a plurality of action symbols (1124-1127) each representing at least one respective action of the robot; receiving a user command indicating a placement of an action symbol in a predetermined relation to a first one of said area symbols corresponding to a first zone; and generating an instruction for controlling the toy robot to perform the corresponding action in response to detecting an object in the first zone.