News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:““Field“Embodiments of the invention relate generally to a mobile robot and a crosswalk crossing methodby a mobile robot, and more specifically, to a capability of re ducing unnecessary signal waiting time and improving efficiency of a mobile robo t, especially when the mobile robot driving toward a destinationneeds to cross a crosswalk outdoors by enabling it to determine whether a traffic light at the crosswalkhas changed to a walking signal based on motions of surrounding pedest rians even in situations where thetraffic light at the crosswalk is not detecte d.
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