COMMUNICATION ROBOT AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR

A communication robot controls a line-of-sight direction by changing at least one of an orientation of a head part and a position of a black eye. In the communication robot, in order to direct the line-of-sight direction to a reference direction of a communication target, when the reference direction is included in a specified range previously determined for a current line-of-sight direction, a control unit directs the line-of-sight direction to the reference direction by changing the position of the black eye without changing the orientation of the head part, whereas when the reference direction is not included in the specified range, the control unit directs the line-of-sight direction to the reference direction by changing both the orientation of the head part and the position of the black eye.