Abstract: A transportation system includes map information storage means configured to store map information including travel road additional information about travel roads of an autonomous traveling transporter for transporting a load and inclination of the travel roads, collected information acquisition means configured to acquire collected information collected through autonomous traveling of the transporter on the travel roads, map information update means configured to update the travel road additional information of the map information corresponding to the travel roads autonomously traveled by the transporter based on the collected information, and a travel plan unit configured to identify a travel plan of the transporter autonomously traveling to transport the load, based on the map information including the travel road additional information and travel tolerance PB indicating tolerance of the load with respect to traveling.

Abstract: A robot pickup or delivery system includes: a pickup or delivery robot; a storage device; and a notification section. The pickup or delivery robot includes a detachable battery and a carrier. The pickup or delivery robot is configured to pick up or deliver a package. The detachable battery is a power source. The carrier is configured to be loaded with a package. The storage device is configured to store information related to a depository of the detachable battery. The notification section is configured to issue a notification to a depositary with whom the detachable battery is deposited in the depository when a remaining charge level of the detachable battery attached to the pickup or delivery robot is lower than or equal to a predetermined value. The notification is for requesting the attached detachable battery to be replaced.

Abstract: A transportation system includes map information storage means configured to store map information including travel road additional information about travel roads of an autonomous traveling transporter for transporting a load and inclination of the travel roads, collected information acquisition means configured to acquire collected information collected through autonomous traveling of the transporter on the travel roads, map information update means configured to update the travel road additional information of the map information corresponding to the travel roads autonomously traveled by the transporter based on the collected information, and a travel plan unit configured to identify a travel plan of the transporter autonomously traveling to transport the load, based on the map information including the travel road additional information and travel tolerance PB indicating tolerance of the load with respect to traveling.

Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling a mobile robot having movement mechanisms and work mechanisms both connected to a body, actuators for driving them, and a controller for controlling an action of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms through the actuators, the controller comprises a person detector to detect a person located in a vicinity of the robot, a position determiner to determine whether the position of the detected person is within a first range or a second range, and a regulator to regulate the actions of the movement mechanisms and the work mechanisms when the position of the detected person is determined to be within the first range or the second range.

Abstract: A robot and the like capable of executing a task in an appropriate condition from the viewpoint of execution economy even when a state of the task is altered. A cost is evaluated that represents a load or labor required for a robot (1) to execute a new task, and the cost information indicating the cost is transmitted to a support server (200) (bid procedure). The support server (200) designates the robot (1) having the lowest cost as a designated robot (1) and transmits an execution instruction for executing the new task to the designated robot (1). The robot (1) executes the task according to the execution instruction (contract procedure). By employing the task bid and contract system, a designated task is executed by an adequate robot (R) among a plurality of robots (R) in consideration of the execution economy of the designated task.

Abstract: A robot and the like capable of executing a task in an appropriate condition from the viewpoint of execution economy even when a state of the task is altered. A cost is evaluated that represents a load or labor required for a robot (1) to execute a new task, and the cost information indicating the cost is transmitted to a support server (200) (bid procedure). The support server (200) designates the robot (1) having the lowest cost as a designated robot (1) and transmits an execution instruction for executing the new task to the designated robot (1). The robot (1) executes the task according to the execution instruction (contract procedure). By employing the task bid and contract system, a designated task is executed by an adequate robot (R) among a plurality of robots (R) in consideration of the execution economy of the designated task.

Abstract: In a road traffic simulation apparatus that expresses a plurality of mobile units and road traffic environments on a computer to simulate traffic situations in association with a plurality of mobile units, each of the mobile units is expressed by a combination of a driver model, a model of driving operations of a virtual driver, and a vehicle dynamics model, a model of physical behaviors of a mobile unit. The mobile units are programmed to travel independently to each other in a road traffic environment that is expressed on the computer.

Abstract: In a road traffic simulation apparatus that expresses a plurality of mobile units and road traffic environments on a computer to simulate traffic situations in association with a plurality of mobile units, each of the mobile units is expressed by a combination of a driver model, a model of driving operations of a virtual driver, and a vehicle dynamics model, a model of physical behaviors of a mobile unit. The mobile units are programmed to travel independently to each other in a road traffic environment that is expressed on the computer.