A robot cleaner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a light receiving sensor configured to measure a brightness of a floor surface; an illumination part configured to irradiate the floor surface with light; a rotation device connected to the illumination part and configured to adjust a rotational angle of the illumination part; an capturing part configured to capture an image of the floor surface; a memory part that stores the image of the floor surface captured by the capturing part; a driving part including an electric motor and wheels; a vacuum suction part configured to perform a vacuum suction by being supplied with power from the electric motor; and a control part. The control part determines an operation in a capturing mode in the capturing mode and a cleaning mode when a value input from the light receiving sensor is determined to be equal to or lower than a predetermined value.

An artificial intelligence (AI) mobile robot and a method of controlling the same for learning an obstacle are configured to capture an image while traveling through an image acquirer, to store a plurality of captured image data, to determine an obstacle from image data, to set a response motion corresponding to the obstacle, and to operate the set response motion depending on the obstacle, and thus, the obstacle is recognized through the captured image data, the obstacle is easily determined by repeatedly learning an image, and the obstacle is determined before the obstacle is detected or from a time point of detecting the obstacle to perform an operation of a response motion, and even if the same detection signal is input when a plurality of different obstacles is detected, the obstacle is determined through the image and different operations are performed depending on the obstacle to respond to various obstacles, and accordingly, the obstacle is effectively avoided and an operation is performed depending on a type of the obstacle.

An artificial intelligence (AI) cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a memory, a movement detect sensor, a driving unit configured to allow the AI cleaner to be moved, and a processor configured to control the movement sensor to sense a movement of the AI cleaner by a user and acquire a position to which the AI cleaner has moved while the AI cleaner operates at a first cleaning mode and control the driving unit to allow the AI cleaner to clean a priority cleaning area corresponding to the position at a second cleaning mode.

A floor processing device has a floor processing element, a detection device for detecting a surface parameter of the floor surface, and a data processing device. The data processing device has a data memory, which stores a recommended use belonging to a surface parameter of the floor surface for using a specific floor processing element. The data processing device retrieves the recommended use from the data memory and transmits it to a user via an interface. The data processing device compares the size of a first surface area that has a first surface parameter with the size of the remaining surface areas of the environment, which have a surface parameter that deviates from the first surface parameter, and retrieves the recommended use from the data memory corresponding to the surface parameter that corresponds to the largest surface portion from the entirety of the surface areas.

The disclosure relates to a cleaning robot, controlling method thereof, and cleaning robot charging system, and more particularly, to a technology for a cleaning robot to select a charging device by taking into account whether the charging device is occupied and a distance to the charging device when the charging device is returning to the charging device for charging. The cleaning robot includes a main body; a movement module moving the main body; a communication module configured to request identification information of a charging device occupied by another cleaning robot to the other cleaning robot; and a controller configured to determine a charging device not occupied by the other cleaning robot based on the identification information of the charging device received from the other cleaning robot through the communication module, and to control the movement module to move the main body to the non-occupied charging device.

An auto clean machine, comprising: a light source configured to emit light to illuminate at least one light region outside and in front of the auto clean machine; a first image sensing area, configured to sense a first brightness distribution of the light region; a second image sensing area below the first image sensing area, configured to sense a second brightness distribution of the light region; and a processor, configured to control movement of the auto clean machine according the first brightness distribution and the second brightness distribution. The processor generates a wall detection result based on the first brightness distribution of the light region, generates a cliff detection result based on the second brightness distribution of the light region, and controls the movement of the auto clean machine according to the wall detection result and the cliff detection result.

An auto clean machine, comprising: a chassis; a first light source, configured to emit first light; a second light source, configured to emit second light; an optical sensor, configured to sense optical data generated according to reflected light of the second light or according to reflected light of the first light; and a control circuit, configured to analyze optical information of the optical data; wherein if the first light source is activated, the second light source is de-activated and the control circuit determines variation of the optical information is larger than a variation threshold, the control circuit changes the first light source to be non-activated and the second light source to be activated.

A method of controlling a moving robot is provided. The method of controlling a moving robot includes the steps of: (a) performing a basic motion of the moving robot which moves on a rotating mop; (b) measuring the slip rate of the moving robot; and (c) controlling the travel of the moving robot.

A floor treatment appliance with a replaceable change component, a detection device for detecting an actual parameter that is influenced by wear of the change component, an evaluation device for determining a degree of wear of the change component based on the actual parameter and a communication device for communicating information concerning a required replacement of the change component to an external terminal that is communicatively linked to the floor treatment appliance. The change component is a floor treatment element that mechanically acts upon a floor surface to be treated, and the evaluation device calculates an average value of the actual parameter detected by the detection device referred to a defined time period of at least one hour, compares the average value with a defined reference value and determines the degree of wear of the change component in dependence on the result of the comparison.

Provided is a method for controlling a robot cleaner including a first operation of identifying that a manual cleaner and the robot cleaner are turned on, a second operation of identifying, by the robot cleaner, a location of the manual cleaner, a third operation of moving, by the robot cleaner, to a location within a first set distance from the manual cleaner, and a fourth operation of stopping the movement of the robot cleaner when the robot cleaner is located at the location within the first set distance from the manual cleaner while the manual cleaner is moving, and performing, by the robot cleaner, cleaning while moving when the robot cleaner is located at a location within a second set distance from the manual cleaner.