Robot

1. A robot comprising:

a spherical housing including a main housing portion, a first spherical cap portion, and a second spherical cap portion,

wherein the main housing portion is disposed between the first spherical cap portion and the second spherical cap portion;

an input device provided in the spherical housing;

an output device provided in the spherical housing;

a shaft that is provided in the main housing portion, and that couples the first spherical cap portion and the second spherical cap portion;

a weight that is provided in the main housing portion and configured to rotate around a pivot that is orthogonal to the shaft to reciprocally move the weight in opposite directions of the pivot;

an arm extending from the shaft in a direction orthogonal to the shaft;

a display that is provided on the arm, and configured to display at least a portion of an image of a face of the robot;

a first drive mechanism that rotates the pivot of the weight;

a second drive mechanism that rotates the main housing portion around the shaft; and

a control circuit that, when outputting, via the output device, a response to an input instruction received from a user, via the input device, based on a predetermined processing is determined to require a predetermined time or more,

controls the first drive mechanism during the predetermined processing such that the first drive mechanism rotates the weight around the pivot to reciprocally move the weight in the opposite directions of the pivot.

2. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein when causing the output device to output content of the response, the control circuit stops the reciprocal movement of the weight at a default position of the weight.

3. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined processing includes two or more procedures, and

the control circuit decreases a speed at which the weight moves reciprocally, each time each of the two or more procedures ends.

4. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined processing includes two or more procedures, and

the control circuit decreases a distance by which the weight moves reciprocally from a default position.

5. The robot according to claim 1 , further comprising

a camera provided in the spherical housing; and

a communication circuit provided in the main housing portion, and configured to connect to a network, wherein

the predetermined processing is an image recognition processing executed in an external server connected via the network.

6. The robot according to claim 5 , wherein

when the response is to be made based on the image recognition processing, the control circuit performs control such that:

the camera captures an image of a target object;

the communication circuit transmits, to the external server via the network, the captured image of the target object;

the communication circuit receives, from the external server, a recognition result of the image of the target object; and

the output device outputs the received recognition result.

7. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

the input device is a microphone, and

the input instruction inputted by the user via the input device is a voice instruction.

8. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the output device is a speaker.

9. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the second drive mechanism rotates the main housing portion around the shaft to drive the main housing portion in an advancing direction.

10. The robot according to claim 5 , wherein the camera is disposed such that an imaging direction matches an advancing direction of the main housing portion driven by the second drive mechanism.