Guide robot and operating method thereof

Abstract

An embodiment relates to a guide robot capable of accompanying a user to guide the user to a destination according to a route to a destination, and the robot may include an input unit configured to receive a destination input command, a storage unit configured to store map information, a controller configured to set a route to the destination based on the map information, a driving unit configured to move the robot along the set route, and an image recognition unit configured to recognize an object corresponding to a subject of a guide while the robot moves to the destination, and if the object is located out of the robot's field of view, the controller may control the driving unit so that the robot moves or rotates to allow the object to be within the robot's field of view, and re-recognizes the object.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.