Station apparatus for charging robot and method of controlling station apparatus

Abstract

A station apparatus for charging a robot includes a frame for forming an exterior of the station apparatus, a protruding member protruding from the frame, and a charging circuit including a first charging terminal for charging the robot, and based on the robot contacting the protruding member, the protruding member protruding from the frame is retracted into the frame and reduces a traveling speed of the robot, as the protruding member is retracted into the frame, the first charging terminal protrudes from an inside of the frame to an outside of the frame, and as the first charging terminal protrudes to the outside of the frame, a contact area between the first charging terminal and a second charging terminal of the robot gradually increases.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.