Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Junggap Kuk

Jinwon Kim

Musik Kwon

Junghwan Lee

Sangmin Hyun

Yongtae Kim

Hyunsuk Kim

Sangkyung Lee

Seungbeom Han

Hyunseok Hong

Junho Koh

Hyunjoong Lee

Donghan Koo

Kuyoung Choi

Daehun Kim

Kyunghun Jang

Kihoon Kim

Jeongeun Lee

A mobile robot apparatus is provided. The mobile robot apparatus includes: a body; a first wheel disposed at a first side surface of the body; a second wheel disposed at a second side surface of the body opposite to the first side surface; a first drive device configured to provide a driving force to each of the first wheel and the second wheel; a second drive device configured to move the body in a vertical direction relative to at least one of a first center axis of the first wheel and a second center axis of the second wheel; and a processor configured to control the second drive device to move the body to contact a surface on which the mobile robot apparatus is disposed, or move the body away from the surface on which the mobile robot apparatus is disposed.

Mobile robot apparatus

A method, performed by a movable device, of sensing an inclination of a distance sensor attached to the movable device includes sensing an obstacle fixed in a task space of the movable device; the movable device moving toward the sensed obstacle; while the movable device is moving, measuring a plurality of first distance values from the movable device to the obstacle by using the distance sensor; obtaining at least one second distance value indicating a moving distance of the movable device while measuring the plurality of first distance values, using odometry information of the movable device; and identifying an inclination state of the distance sensor based on the plurality of measured first distance values and the obtained at least one second distance value.

Movable device and method for sensing inclination of distance sensor attached to movable device

According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises, a memory for storing instructions, and a processor for executing the stored instructions, wherein the processor is further configured, as the instructions are executed, to identify a trigger to execute a first event associated with a sound output of an external electronic device, to identify the location of a user within a space where the electronic device is located, to identify information about the sound at the location of the user, and on the basis of the information about the identified sound, to control the properties of a sound outputted by at least one of the external electronic device performing the first event or another external electronic device generating a sound.

Electronic device for controlling sound and operation method therefor

A method, performed by a robot vacuum cleaner, of planning a cleaning route includes: dividing an indoor space into at least one cleanable region based on an indoor space map generated using at least one sensor included in the robot vacuum cleaner; dividing the at least one cleanable region into a plurality of partial regions based on a cleaning mode of the robot vacuum cleaner; and planning a first cleaning route to control a number of direction changes of the robot vacuum cleaner with respect to each of the plurality of partial regions based on the cleaning mode being a first mode.

Robot vacuum cleaner and cleaning route planning method thereof

Provided are an artificial intelligence (AI) system using a machine learning algorithm like deep learning, or the like, and an application thereof. A robotic cleaning apparatus that generates map data includes a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and a processor configured to control the robotic cleaning apparatus by executing the one or more instructions. The processor is configured, by executing the one or more instructions, to control the robotic cleaning apparatus to: generate basic map data related to a cleaning space, and generate object information regarding at least one object in the cleaning space, the object information being generated based on information obtained by the robotic cleaning apparatus regarding the object in a plurality of different positions of the cleaning space, and including information about a type and a position of the object.

Apparatus and method of generating map data of cleaning space

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