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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2011
Jeong-seop Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-hoon Ji, Seoul, KR;
Sang-moo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woong-hee Shon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyung-tae Nam, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong-Seop Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-Hoon Ji, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Moo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woong-Hee Shon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyung-Tae Nam, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Chungcheongnam-Do, KR;
Abstract
A swarm robot and a sweeping method using the swarm robot are provided. The swarm robot removes a plurality of objects in a given sweeping area, and at least two swarm robots collaborate to remove the individual object. The swarm robot searches the sweeping area, detects environment information of the sweeping area, locates the swarm robot in the sweeping area, generates a local map and an object map using the environment information and the acquired position, moves to the object according to the local map and the object map, and removes the object.