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A robot performing a variety of actions is disclosed. The voice of a user picked up by a microphone is recognized by a voice recognizer. A gesture of the user picked up by a CCD is recognized by an image recognizer. A behavior decision unit decides the behavior to be taken by the robot based on the

A robot performing a variety of actions is disclosed. The voice of a user picked up by a microphone is recognized by a voice recognizer. A gesture of the user picked up by a CCD is recognized by an image recognizer. A behavior decision unit decides the behavior to be taken by the robot based on the voice information provided by the voice recognizer and the image information provided by the image recognizer.

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A robot performing a variety of actions is disclosed. The voice of a user picked up by a microphone is recognized by a voice recognizer. A gesture of the user picked up by a CCD is recognized by an image recognizer. A behavior decision unit decides the behavior to be taken by the robot based on the

A robot performing a variety of actions is disclosed. The voice of a user picked up by a microphone is recognized by a voice recognizer. A gesture of the user picked up by a CCD is recognized by an image recognizer. A behavior decision unit decides the behavior to be taken by the robot based on the voice information provided by the voice recognizer and the image information provided by the image recognizer. e piezoelectric transformer and controls the output voltage of the piezoelectric transformer based on the detected voltage so that the output voltage does not exceed a predetermined voltage. 10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the voltage application section comprises an electromagnetic transformer of which step-up ratio is determined by the ratio of the number of turns in the primary coil to the number of turns in the secondary coil. 11. The apparatus according to claim 10 further comprising an over-voltage protecting section which detects the output voltage of the electromagnetic transformer and controls the output voltage of the electromagnetic transformer based on the detected voltage so that the output voltage does not exceed a predetermined voltage. 12. A driving apparatus for driving a cathode discharge tube by applying an AC voltage to the cathode discharge tube, comprising: a voltage application section which outputs an AC voltage to be applied to the cathode discharge tube; and a voltage controller which controls the output of the voltage application section, wherein, in order to light the cathode discharge tube, the voltage controller controls the output of the voltage application section so that the cathode discharge tube is half-lighted by the AC voltage, and subsequently the AC voltage is raised at a speed slower than a rise speed of the cathode discharge tube. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein in case that a light adjustment is done by repeating lighting and putting out the cathode discharge tube at the start of lighting, the voltage controller controls a period for lighting the cathode discharge tube during the light adjustment so that the period for second or later lighting is shorter than a period for the first lighting. 14. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the voltage application section comprises an electromagnetic transformer of which step-up ratio is determined by the ratio of the number of turns in the primary coil to the number of turns in the secondary coil. 15. The apparatus according to claim 14 further comprising an over-voltage protecting section which detects the output voltage of the electromagnetic transformer and controls the output voltage of the electromagnetic transformer based on the detected voltage so that the output voltage does not exceed a predetermined voltage. 16. A driving apparatus for driving a cathode discharge tube by applying an AC voltage to the cathode discharge tube, comprising: a voltage application section which outputs an AC voltage to be applied to the cathode discharge tube; and a voltage controller which controls the output of the voltage application section, wherein, in order to light the cathode discharge tube, the voltage controller controls the output of the voltage application section so that the cathode discharge tube is half-lighted by the AC voltage, the state of half-lighting is maintained for a predetermined period, and then the AC voltage is raised to a voltage level at which the cathode discharge tube starts discharging. 17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the voltage controller varies the AC voltage stepwise while the cathode discharge tube is half-lighting. 18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein in case that a light adjustment is done by repeating lighting and putting out the cathode discharge tube at the start of lighting, the voltage controller controls a period for lighting the cathode discharge tube during the light adjustment so that the period for second or later lighting is shorter than a period for the first lighting. 19. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the voltage application section comprises an electromagnetic transformer of which step-up ratio is determined by the ratio of the number of turns in the primary coil to the number of turns in the secondary coil. 20. The apparatus according to claim 19 further comprising an over-voltage protecting section which