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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sang Sik Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae Yun So, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Wook Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Bong-Gyo Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A robot cleaner and a traveling algorithm of the robot cleaner having wheels capable of moving in all directions to have enhanced traveling ability in various directions includes a body unit, a sensor provided to be rotatable with respect to the body unit to sense obstacles, a multi-directional moving wheel provided at a lower portion of the body unit to move the body unit in various directions, and a controller configured to determine a traveling route of the robot cleaner to avoid the detected obstacles and control the multi-directional moving wheel when the traveling route is determined so that the robot cleaner moves to the determined traveling route in a state where the body unit is not rotated.