Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sam-hyun Choi

Jeong-gon Song

Jang-youn Ko

Ju-sang Lee

Hak-bong Lee

Sam-jong Jeung

Kyoung-woung Kim

Myeong-ho Kim

Dae-hyung Kim

Heung-yi Kim

Il-du Jung

Yoon-kyunh Cho

Yoon-kyung Cho

Tae-young Ryu

An improved cleaning robot that uses a simple structure to sense an obstacle is provided. The cleaning robot includes a robot main body comprising a driving unit to drive the cleaning robot, and a cleaning unit to remove dust, a bumper unit which is movably mounted in the robot main body to protect the robot main body from collision with an obstacle, a sensor unit which supports the bumper unit movably in a plurality of directions to sense the collision of the bumper unit and the obstacle, and a control unit which controls the driving unit on the basis of a signal sensed by the sensor to avoid the obstacle.

Cleaning robot

A wheel driving apparatus for a moving apparatus is provided. The wheel driving apparatus includes a wheel, a driving motor to generate a driving power to rotate the wheel, a gear box to transmit the rotational force of the driving motor to the wheel, and a guide shaft movable vertically with respect to the base member, wherein the wheel, the driving motor, the gear box, and the guide shaft are connected integrally with each other to move vertically with respect to the base member in unison.

Wheel driving assembly of a moving apparatus

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Gwangju, South Korea

Sam-hyun Choi