An autonomous traveling apparatus includes a traveling body. The traveling body includes a first wheel portion and a second wheel portion each provided along a traveling direction of the autonomous traveling apparatus in the traveling body with a predetermined space being interposed between the first wheel portion and the second wheel portion. The second wheel portion has a pair of wheels. The autonomous traveling apparatus further includes a laser sensor. The laser sensor is configured to detect an object around the laser sensor, and is provided on the traveling body to avoid a portion above each of the pair of wheels such that a scanning plane is lower than a maximum reach point of a range of an upward/downward movement of each of the pair of wheels, the scanning plane being a range in which the laser light passes while rotating the laser light.

A robotic vehicle comprising a chassis and a manipulatable payload engagement portion, at least one sensor configured to acquire real-time sensor data, a pose validation system comprising computer program code executable by at least one processor to evaluate the sensor data to: determine if a goal pose of the robotic vehicle will result in a collision with infrastructure upon which the object is located when the engagement portion engages the object. If a potential collision is detected, the pose validation system can generate a signal to adjust the robotic vehicle's pose to avoid the collision. A corresponding method is also provided.

An escaping method of a cleaning robot includes: when the cleaning robot encounters an obstacle and turns around while performing cleaning along an edge of a first surface medium area, in response to a surface medium change signal from the surface medium sensor indicates that a second surface medium area is detected, searching an established room map to determine whether the second surface medium area exists in the room map; if the second surface medium area exists, determining whether a route bypassing the second surface medium area exists based on the room map and a boundary of the second surface medium area in the room map; if the route exists, controlling the cleaning robot to travel along the route to bypass the second surface medium area; and if the route does not exist, controlling the cleaning robot to return along a cleaned route to bypass the second surface medium area.

An unmanned vehicle is disposed in a predetermined area, and is provided with a lidar unit that emits light beams to acquire light sensing data pieces, each containing distance information and a light intensity value. The unmanned vehicle acquires a detection value representing a number of those of the light sensing data pieces whose light intensity values are greater than a light intensity threshold. When the detection value is zero, a first pose of the unmanned vehicle is calculated based on a moving speed and a moving direction of the unmanned vehicle. When the detection value is not zero, a second pose of the unmanned vehicle is calculated based on the moving speed, the moving direction and positions of multiple reflective marks disposed in the predetermined area, as recorded in an area map of the predetermined area.

A robot, includes: a driver; a plurality of sensors; a memory; and at least one processor configured to transmit a first signal for identifying a presence or absence of an object within a sensing area of the plurality of sensors through a first sensor operating in the signal transmitting mode from among the plurality of sensors during a first time period, identify, a second sensor to transmit a second signal during a third time period after elapse of the second time period from among the plurality of sensors, transmit the second signal by operating the identified second sensor in the signal transmitting mode, identify a location of the object based on whether a second reflection signal corresponding to the second signal is received at the second sensor, and control the driver to travel by avoiding the object based on the identified location of the object.

A monitoring method includes identifying a monitoring target and a warning object in space according to data collected by a data collection apparatus, obtaining position information of the monitoring target and the warning object, determining a warning area based on the position information of the monitoring target, and generating warning information based on a position relationship between a position of the warning object and the warning area.

An electric mobility vehicle on which a user can be seated to ride. The electric mobility vehicle includes a mobility body having a front wheel, a rear wheel, and a seat for the user, a controller provided in the mobility body, and a lower side sensor capable of emitting a detection wave from under a footrest surface for the user seated on the seat or from under the mobility body, the lower side sensor being capable of detecting an object to be avoided located in a vehicle front direction of the electric mobility vehicle by using the detection wave.

An apparatus comprises an aerial drone with a coherent radar system on a chip that operates in the terahertz range, the chip being in physical contact with the drone and configured to conduct a noninvasive scan of a target in a line of site field of view of the drone.

In order to achieve the purpose, a robotic cleaner according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a traveling unit for moving a body in a traveling region; a distance measuring sensor for acquiring distance sensing information about a distance to an object outside the body; and a control unit which generates a grid map about the traveling region from the distance sensing information, performs, when dividing the traveling region into a plurality of sub-areas, ray casting on a plurality of traveling nodes on a path of the grid map with respect to each sub-area to search for an open space, and sets an open node for the open space to calculate a topology graph between the traveling nodes and the open node. Therefore, efficiency can be improved by minimizing unnecessary traveling when traveling for searching for a space in which additional traveling is required. Furthermore, avoidance traveling can be reduced by setting the cleaner to travel along the center of a passage during additional search traveling.

A robot includes a driver; a camera; and a processor configured to: during an interaction session in which a first user identified in an image obtained through the camera is set as an interaction subject, perform an operation corresponding to a user command received from the first user, and determine whether interruption by a second user identified in an image obtained through the camera occurs, and based on determining that the interruption by the second user occurred, control the driver such that the robot performs a feedback motion for the interruption.