Robot cleaner and controlling method of the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJanghun CHEONG, Sungbeom CHO, Yongmin SHIN, Woochan JUN, Jinwoo HAN, Yeonghyun KIM
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a robot cleaner including a body accommodating a battery and at least one motor therein, a driving unit configured to move the body, and a wet cleaning unit disposed at a rear side of the driving unit and configured to wipe a floor surface. When liquid is present on the floor surface, the body is configured to travel backward toward a position where the liquid is present to wipe while collecting the liquid. The robot cleaner provides an effect of preventing the liquid from spreading to surroundings.
Claims12
A robot cleaner, comprising:
- a body accommodating a battery and at least one motor therein, the body having a suction port formed therein;
- a driving unit configured to move the body;
- and
- a wet cleaning unit configured to wipe a floor surface,
- wherein, when liquid is present on the floor surface, the body is configured to travel backward toward a position where the liquid is present in a state where the wet cleaning unit is disposed closer to the position of the liquid than the suction port.
A control method of a robot cleaner, the method comprising:
- a zone setting step of detecting liquid on a floor surface and setting a zone in a region where the liquid is present;
- and
- a cleaning step of cleaning the region where the liquid is present while traveling therethrough,
- wherein the cleaning step comprises:
- a backward cleaning step of traveling through the region where the liquid is present in a direction opposite to a traveling direction in the zone setting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.