Abstract: A mechanical robot can have a GPS receiver for localization, to enable it to navigate and/or perform location-specific functions. Also, the robot can be caused to ambulate in a location, taking pictures of guests and/or sounding an alarm if an unknown person is imaged by a camera on the robot. Further, the robot can be given a voice message for a recipient, and then ambulate around until, using face or voice recognition, it recognizes the intended recipient and delivers the message, e.g., aurally using a speaker.

Abstract: Both the beat and genre of music are used to select or generate a dance robot object for display of a robot icon on a computer monitor or for establishing the movements of a three-dimensional robot. The detected genre can define the type of dance performed by the robot. Also, the detected genre can be used to sort music. The genre can be detected using a neural network or by correlating the compressibility of the music to a genre.