AUTONOMOUS MOVING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a moving robot formed by a simple means, capable of flexibly coping with a change in moving path without requiring map information or an image processing system. SOLUTION: This moving robot 1 consists mainly of a robot body, a drive mechanism part 3, an IC tag reader 5 acquiring data regarding autonomous controls from an IC tag 4, a laser range finder 7 acquiring information regarding objects, such as walls or obstacles, a control mechanism 9, and a speaker 10 for outputting sounds. By combining operation information 25 acquired through reading of the IC tag 4 with object information 30 and controlling operation, the position is suitably corrected, enabling autonomous movement. By forming an IC tag group by the plurality of IC tags 4 and setting the moving path, reading of the IC tags 4 by the moving robot 1 can be done more stably, enabling continuation of reliable autonomous movement. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI