CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM

To provide a guide robot that appropriately serves visitors.SOLUTION: A control device for controlling a robot capable of self-propelling comprises: facility staff member identifying means for identifying a position of a facility staff member in a facility; visitor identifying means for identifying a position of a visitor in the facility; and control means for instructing the robot capable of self-propelling to move. The control means causes the robot to move into a predetermined range when determining that the facility staff member identified by the facility staff member identifying means is absent in the predetermined range near the visitor identified by the visitor identifying means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】 来訪者に適切な接客を行う案内ロボットを提供すること。【解決手段】自走可能なロボットを制御する制御装置は、施設内の施設員の位置を特定する施設員特定手段と、施設内の来訪者の位置を特定する来訪者特定手段と、自走可能なロボットに移動を指示する制御手段と、を備え、制御手段は、来訪者特定手段で特定した来訪者の近傍の所定の範囲内に施設員特定手段で特定した施設員が存在しないと判定した場合に、ロボットを所定の範囲内に移動させる。【選択図】 図１