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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Sang Sik Yoon, Suwon, KR;
Dong Won Kim, Hwaseong, KR;
Jea Yun So, Suwon, KR;
Seung Il Han, Sosa, KR;
Jun Hwa Lee, Suwon, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A robot cleaner and a control method for the same are disclosed. The robot cleaner and control method are capable of detecting malfunction of an auxiliary cleaning unit, and controlling travel of the robot cleaner in accordance with the detection result, to achieve efficient cleaning of an edge area even when there is an error in the auxiliary cleaning unit. The robot cleaner includes a plurality of auxiliary cleaning units mounted to a bottom portion of the robot cleaner such that the auxiliary cleaning units are extendable and retractable, a sensing unit to sense an extension, retraction, or rotation state of each of the auxiliary cleaning units, and a control unit to determine whether the auxiliary cleaning units operate normally, based on a sensing result of the sensing unit, and to control travel of the robot cleaner, based on a result of the determination.