Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sinae Kim

Shin Hyoung Kim

Jaeyoul Jeong

Yongseok Kim

Kihwan Kwon

Jinhee Kim

Yeonkyu Jeong

Seungil Han

Minro Yun

Hyunsoo Jung

Youngho Ko

A robot cleaner including: a cleaner body; a motor, configured to be fixed to the cleaner body, and provide a rotational force; a gear unit configured to transmit the rotational force of the motor; a wheel configured to rotate and drive the cleaner body according to the rotational force of the motor transmitted by the gear unit to the wheel; and a suspension including a first end portion pivotally supportable on a pivot of the cleaner body, which is spaced apart from a rotary shaft of the motor, and a second end portion to extend from the first end portion and support the wheel to move up and down with respect to the cleaner body as the second end portion moves in a first direction and a second direction around the pivot of the cleaner body.

Robot cleaner

Disclosed are a robot cleaner. The robot cleaner includes: a cleaner body configured to move in an area and clean the area; and a sensor assembly provided in the cleaner body. The sensor assembly includes: a main sensor configured to be moveable between a sensing position where the main sensor protrudes out of the cleaner body and a settled position where the main sensor is inside the cleaner body; a sensor position changer configured to allow the main sensor to move between the sensing position and the settled position; and a stopper configured to restrict the sensor position changer from allowing the main sensor at the sensing position to move towards the settled position.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Sinae Kim