Mobile robot and control method therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinwoo Ryu, Jinhee Kim, Sangsik Yoon, Donghun Lee
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a robot. The robot according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a memory for storing at least one program; and a processor for executing instructions stored in the at least one program, wherein the processor can divide a travel map into a plurality of cleaning areas on the basis of one or more boundaries, identify, if at least some of the boundaries are identified as a protrusion, the type of protrusion on the basis of the cleaning progress of one area in which the robot is located from among the plurality of cleaning areas, and control in any one of a plurality of travelling patterns on the basis of the identified type of the protrusion.
Claims12
A robot, comprising:
- a body;
- a spin module on a lower side of the body;
- a pop-out module connected to the spin module;
- a sensor which is distance sensor or a gyro sensor;
- a memory storing at least one instruction;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to:
- divide a driving map into a plurality of cleaning areas based on one or more boundaries,
- based on a boundary of the one or more boundaries being identified as a protruding portion, identify a type of the protruding portion based on a cleaning progress for an area where the robot is located among the plurality of cleaning areas,
- identify a stuck state using the sensor, and
- when the stuck state is identified, control the pop-out module to protrude the spin module outside of the body.
A method for controlling a robot that includes a body, a spin module on a lower side of the body, a pop-out module connected to the spin module, and a sensor which is distance sensor or a gyro sensor, the method comprising:
- dividing a driving map into a plurality of cleaning areas based on one or more boundaries;
- based on a boundary of the one or more boundaries being identified as a protruding portion, identifying a type of the protruding portion based on a cleaning progress for an area where the robot is located among the plurality of cleaning areas;
- identifying a stuck state using the sensor;
- and
- when the stuck state is identified, controlling the pop-out module to protrude the spin module outside of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.