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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2020
Thk Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Kitano, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Naito, Tokyo, JP;
THK CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile robot includes: a drive unit that changes a moving speed and a travel direction; a detection unit that detects a plurality of detection target objects; and a control unitthat acquires a distance Z and a direction θ to the detection target object unit, calculates a travel direction in which the distance and the direction to the detection target object satisfy a predetermined relationship, and drives and controls the drive unit on the basis of the calculated travel direction. The control unit calculates a distance x in a direction orthogonal to the movement route between the detection target object and a current position of the mobile robot and the direction to the detection target object, calculates a difference δx between the distance x and a certain distance Xref, and executes drive control for the drive unit to cause the difference δx to be 0 (zero).