Swarm intelligence-based mobile robot, method for controlling the same, and surveillance robot system

A method for controlling multiple swarm intelligence-based mobile robots having multiple legs and multiple joints, the method comprising:

• selecting at least one of the mobile robots;
• performing communication with the selected mobile robot;
• moving the selected mobile robot through the communication and collecting sensed data and/or image data about the surrounding environment of the selected mobile robot;
• and
• controlling movement of the selected mobile robot based on the sensed data and/or image data,
• wherein the remaining mobile robots are set to be at an autonomous driving mode and travel through communication with their neighboring mobile robots or through recognition of their surroundings based on the sensed data and/or image data.

A swarm intelligence-based surveillance robot system, the robot system comprising:

• multiple child robots having multiple legs and multiple joints;
• a remote controller for selectively controlling the multiple child robots and receiving surrounding environment information or image information from the controlled child robots;
• and
• a parent robot for performing a relay function between the remote controller and the multiple child robots.