Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hankyeol Kim

Dongmin Shin

Jeayun So

Kyongsu Kim

Injoo Kim

Sangsik Yoon

Sukhoon Song

Jihye Seo

Chunseong Kim

Junu Hong

Provided are a cleaning robot for obtaining a map of an indoor space, and an operating method thereof. The cleaning robot may: search the indoor space at a first location of the cleaning robot by using at least one sensor; obtain a grid map including a searched area, which has been searched at the first location, and at least one unsearched area, which has not been searched at the first location; determine, as a travel destination, a first unsearched area among the at least one unsearched area based at least in part on a distance from the first location; obtain area information including at least one of geometry information, structure information, or obstacle information about the first unsearched area while moving the cleaning robot to the determined first unsearched area; and update the grid map by using the obtained area information.

Cleaning robot capable of obtaining map of indoor space and operating method thereof

A charging station is disclosed. The disclosed charging station comprises: a charging member configured to come into contact with a charging terminal of a robot vacuum cleaner to provide power to the charging terminal; a first light emitting member for emitting an infrared signal; and a reflecting member disposed to face the first light emitting member and reflect an infrared signal emitted from the first light emitting member, toward the front and sides of the charging station.

Charging station for robot vacuum cleaner

Growing community of inventors

Suwon-si, South Korea

Hankyeol Kim