Abstract: A control device 1X mainly includes a state setting means 16X and an operation planning means 17X. The state setting means 16X sets a predicted start state that is a predicted state of a workspace at a time when a robot starts a work of sorting items and a target state which represents a state where the items are placed in sorting containers by the work, based on information regarding the items and the sorting containers. The operation planning means 17X determines an operation plan of the robot based on the predicted start state and the target state.

Abstract: A control device generates a state sequence including a plurality of states from a state at a movement source to a state at a movement destination of a physical object. The control device determines the occurrence of an error in an operation of a robot based on a result of comparing the state of the generated state sequence with a state of the physical object during the operation of the robot operating according to the state sequence. The control device changes the state sequence so that a recovery operation for recovering from the error is performed in a case where it is determined that the error has occurred.

Abstract: An unmanned vehicle belongs to an unmanned vehicle group that includes a plurality of unmanned vehicles to control the unmanned vehicle in accordance with the condition of the entire unmanned vehicle group The unmanned device includes a reception means configured to receive a restriction condition pertaining to an amount of activity of the unmanned vehicle group; and a control means configured to control the unmanned vehicle on the basis of the restriction condition received by the reception means and the activity condition of the unmanned vehicle.

Abstract: An image-capturing plan creating device comprises an image-capturing plan creating unit and a condition establishing unit. The image-capturing plan creating unit is configured to create an image-capturing plan based on image-capturing target information related to image-capturing targets and of image-capturing device information related to image-capturing devices. The condition establishing unit is configured to establish conditions for recreating parts of the created image-capturing plan based on the contents of changes to the created image-capturing plan. The image-capturing plan creating unit is further configured to recreate the parts of the created image-capturing plan based on the established conditions.

Abstract: A control device 1X mainly includes an operation planning means 15X and a determination means 16X. The operation planning means 15X determines an operation plan of a robot regarding a work of sorting plural items into plural sorting containers. The determination means 16X determines whether or not the sorting containers are replenished. Then, the operation planning means 15X updates the operation plan based on the arrangement of the sorting containers after the replenishment if the sorting containers is replenished.

Abstract: The information processing device 1B includes an acquisition unit 51A, a potential function synthesizing unit 53A, and an objective function outputting unit 54A. The acquisition unit 51A acquires a task logical expression in which an objective task to be performed by a robot is expressed by a combination of a plurality of atomic tasks. The potential function synthesizing unit 53A synthesizes atomic potential functions, each of which is a potential function corresponding to each of the atomic tasks, based on the task logical expression. The objective function output unit 54A outputs an atomic potential function synthesized based on the task logical expression as an objective function for controlling the robot.

Abstract: An operation performed for designating a position in an image is detected, and an enlarged image of a vicinity area at that position is displayed. Information regarding a target appearing in the enlarged image is acquired, and information regarding that target is displayed.

Abstract: A robot management device 3X mainly includes an external input necessity determination means 35X and an operation terminal determination means 36X. The external input necessity determination means 35X determines whether or not a control based on an external input is necessary for a robot which executes a task. The operation terminal determination means 36X determines an operation terminal which generates the external input, based on operation terminal information, which includes information concerning types of a plurality of operation terminals to be candidates in order to generate the external input, and information concerning the task, when the control based on the external input is necessary.

Abstract: A control method by a computer, the control method acquires work information including information on work performed by a robot arm and information on an article as a target of the work; causes the robot arm to perform an operation of lifting up a predetermined unit of articles based on the work information; determines that there is a possibility that a plurality of articles are packaged together based on sensor data obtained when the operation is being performed; and when it is determined that there is a possibility that a plurality of articles are packaged together, settles a handling method for the article according to the sensor data.

Abstract: A control method includes: acquiring article information including a price of an article to be handled by a robot arm; deciding, based on the article information, a handling method of the article to be handled by the robot arm as a handling method in which as the price of the article is higher, damage prevention of the article is more prioritized; and controlling the robot arm that handles the article based on the handling method.

Abstract: To make it possible to change the action of an unmanned vehicle by reflecting the importance of purposes that can change in response to a change in the situation. An unmanned vehicle (11) acts according to a plurality of purposes. A purpose importance input means (12) inputs the importance of each purpose in the unmanned vehicle (11). An action parameter determining means (13) determines a parameter for controlling the action of the unmanned vehicle (11) based on purpose importance information indicating the input importance of each purpose. An action controlling means (14) controls the action of the unmanned vehicle (11) in accordance with the parameter determined by the action parameter determining means (13).

Abstract: An assistance control device 2X mainly includes an assistance request acquisition means 25X and a selection means 26X. The assistance request acquisition means 25X is configured to acquire assistance request information for requesting assistance, by external input, regarding a task to be executed by a robot. The selection means 26X is configured, if the assistance request information for plural tasks to be executed by plural robot is acquired, to select a task to be subjected to the assistance based on the assistance request information and work information regarding the plural robots.

Abstract: A control device acquires position information of an unmanned machine subject to control, and position information of an unmanned machine not subject to control; attempts to detect a target object, using a sensor signal from a sensor mounted in at least one of the unmanned machines; calculates a presence probability distribution of the target object based on information on a position and a time at which detection of the target object is successful; determines a formation of the unmanned machines based on the presence probability distribution of the target object; calculates an operation amount of the unmanned machine subject to control, based on the formation; and performs operation setting on the unmanned machine subject to control, according to the calculated operation amount.

Abstract: A control device 1X mainly includes an operation sequence generation means 16X, a first robot control means 171X, a switching determination means 18X, and a second robot control means 172X. The operation sequence generation means 16X is configured to generate an operation sequence of a robot. The first robot control means 171X is configured to perform a first robot control that is a control of the robot based on the operation sequence. The switching determination means 18X is configured, during execution of the first robot control, to determine, based on the operation sequence, whether or not to switch to a second robot control, which is a control of the robot based on an external input. The second robot control means 172X is configured, if it is determined by the switching determination means 18X that the switching is required, to perform the second robot control.

Abstract: An information collecting device 3X mainly includes an information acquisition means 35X and a task identifier setting means 36X. The information acquisition means 35X is configured to acquire work related information relating to a work of a robot. Examples of the information acquisition means 35X include the information acquisition unit 35 in the first example embodiment. The task identifier setting means 36X is configured to set an identifier of a task executed by the robot to the work related information.

Abstract: A control device for an autonomous operating machine includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first state information of a first autonomous operating machine and second state information of a second autonomous operating machine in a case where the first and the second autonomous operating machines that operate in cooperation with each other select and execute executable operations as needed in order to achieve an object; a generation unit that generates value information indicating a height of a value of execution for achievement of the object regarding each of the operations that can be executed by the first autonomous operating machine by using a value calculation criterion based on the first state information and the second state information; a selection unit that selects a specific operation from among the operations based on the value information; and a control that controls the first autonomous operating machine to execute the specific operation.

Abstract: An image-capturing plan creating device comprises an image-capturing plan creating unit and a condition establishing unit. The image-capturing plan creating unit is configured to create an image-capturing plan based on image-capturing target information related to image-capturing targets and of image-capturing device information related to image-capturing devices. The condition establishing unit is configured to establish conditions for recreating parts of the created image-capturing plan based on the contents of changes to the created image-capturing plan. The image-capturing plan creating unit is further configured to recreate the parts of the created image-capturing plan based on the established conditions.

Abstract: Information processing apparatus includes: an observation unit that observes situations and speeds of agents; a task weight estimation unit that estimates second task weights with reference to a first model based on the observed positions, the observed speeds, and first task weights indicating set execution probabilities of tasks by the agents, the second task weights indicating execution probabilities of the tasks by the agents under the observed statuses; and a task weight update unit that updates the first task weights by inputting the observed positions, the observed speeds, and the second task weights to a second model. When one of a position and a speed has been input together with a weight coefficient, the first model outputs the other of the position and the speed. The second model increases a value of a first weight as a cost calculated using a position, a speed, and a second task weight decreases.

Abstract: An unmanned vehicle belongs to an unmanned vehicle group that includes a plurality of unmanned vehicles to control the unmanned vehicle in accordance with the condition of the entire unmanned vehicle group The unmanned device includes a reception means configured to receive a restriction condition pertaining to an amount of activity of the unmanned vehicle group; and a control means configured to control the unmanned vehicle on the basis of the restriction condition received by the reception means and the activity condition of the unmanned vehicle.

Abstract: The information processing device 1B includes an acquisition unit 51A, a potential function synthesizing unit 53A, and an objective function outputting unit 54A. The acquisition unit 51A acquires a task logical expression in which an objective task to be performed by a robot is expressed by a combination of a plurality of atomic tasks. The potential function synthesizing unit 53A synthesizes atomic potential functions, each of which is a potential function corresponding to each of the atomic tasks, based on the task logical expression. The objective function output unit 54A outputs an atomic potential function synthesized based on the task logical expression as an objective function for controlling the robot.