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US 2016/0249780 A1Published application
Robot cleaner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang Sik YOON, Byung Chan KIM, Jun Hwa LEE, Jae Young JUNG, Hee Won JIN
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Abstract
A robot cleaner includes a body to travel on a floor; an obstacle sensing unit to sense an obstacle approaching the body; an auxiliary cleaning unit mounted to a bottom of the body, to be extendable and retractable; and a control unit to control extension or retraction of the auxiliary cleaning unit when the obstacle is sensed. The control unit prevents the auxiliary cleaning unit from extending if a signal is received from a charger.
Claims9
A robot cleaner comprising:
- a body to travel on a floor;
- an obstacle sensing unit to sense an obstacle approaching the body;
- an auxiliary cleaning unit mounted to a bottom of the body, to be extendable and retractable;
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- a control unit to control extension or retraction of the auxiliary cleaning unit when the obstacle is sensed,
- wherein the control unit prevents the auxiliary cleaning unit from extending if a signal is received from a charger.
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