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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Heesuk Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Injoo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyongsu Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sanghyuk Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Sukhoon Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Dongmin Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Kiyong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeonkyu Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A cleaning robot capable of entering a region under an obstacle and cleaning by reducing a height of a LiDAR sensor, and a control method thereof are provided. The cleaning robot includes a main body, a driving device, a cleaning device, a LiDAR sensor and configured to be raisable and lowerable between a first position and a second position having different heights, a bumper sensor configured to detect a collision between the LiDAR sensor and an obstacle, an obstacle sensor configured to obtain information on an obstacle, and a processor configured to generate a cleaning map based on an output of the LiDAR sensor and an output of the obstacle sensor, and control the sensor driver to adjust a height of the LiDAR sensor based on at least one of the cleaning map, an output of the bumper sensor, or the output of the obstacle sensor.