| US 7,602,133 B2 | ||
| Robot having an obstacle detection unit and method of controlling the same | ||
| Joon-kee Cho, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); Seok-won Bang, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); Yeon-ho Kim, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of); and Ki-wan Choi, Yongin-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/606,344. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0039297 (KR), filed on May 01, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0252549 A1, Nov. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B25J 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 318—568.12 [901/1] | 37 Claims |
| 1. A robot comprising:
a main body;
a driving unit to drive the main body along a given surface;
an auxiliary body to project from the main body and to detect an obstacle around the main body;
a distance detection unit which detects a distance between an outside surface of the main body and the obstacle; and
a control unit to control the driving unit based on a difference between the distance measured by the distance detection unit
and a distance from the outside surface of the main body to a far end of the auxiliary body so that the main body and the
obstacle are maintained at a predetermined distance from each other while the robot is moving.
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