Moving robot and control method thereof

A moving robot comprising:

• a motor that selectively provides a driving force to move a main body of the moving robot;
• a camera that acquires images of regions outside the main body;
• a sensor that detects obstacles;
• and
• a controller that:
• recognizes respective attributes of the obstacles based on the images,
• selects one of the obstacles based on the respective attributes when the moving robot is in a confinement state in which possible traveling paths are blocked, and
• controls the motor to apply the driving force toward the selected obstacle to unblock one of the traveling paths and to move the moving robot along the unblocked traveling path,
• wherein the controller registers, into the map, the obstacle, as one of a dangerous obstacle or a non-dangerous obstacle according to the attribute of the obstacle, and
• wherein the dangerous obstacle has a height over which the moving robot cannot go, and the non-dangerous obstacle has a height over which the moving robot can go.

A moving robot comprising:

• a motor that selectively provides a driving force to move a main body of the moving robot;
• a camera that acquires images of regions outside the main body;
• a sensor that detects obstacles;
• and
• a controller that:
• recognizes respective attributes of the obstacles based on the images,
• selects one of the obstacles based on the respective attributes when the moving robot is in a confinement state in which possible traveling paths are blocked, and
• controls the motor to apply the driving force toward the selected obstacle to unblock one of the traveling paths and to move the moving robot along the unblocked traveling path,
• wherein the controller, when recognizing the respective attributes of the obstacles based on the images, is further to identify respective locations associated with the obstacles, identify a portion of the images associated with the respective locations associated with the obstacles, and process the portion of the images to recognize the respective attributes.