US 11,717,955 B2
Robot system and method for controlling the same
Jungkyu Son, Seoul (KR); Jinsu Kim, Seoul (KR); Boyeon Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyesun Lee, Seoul (KR); Bina Kim, Seoul (KR); Mina Suh, Seoul (KR); and Jinwon Kang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/803,277.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0147588 (KR), filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0146526 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 5/10 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01); A61G 5/12 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 5/007 (2013.01) [A61G 5/045 (2013.01); A61G 5/128 (2016.11); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/161 (2013.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01); A61G 5/10 (2013.01); A61G 2203/30 (2013.01); B25J 11/009 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot, comprising:
a main body having a left side and a right side, the main body including:
a traveling wheel; and
a traveling motor configured to rotate the traveling wheel;
a seating body disposed above the main body;
a left projector disposed at the left side of the main body, the left projector being configured to scan a beam toward a left direction;
a right projector disposed at the right side of the main body, the right projector being configured to scan a beam toward a right direction; and
a processor configured to control the traveling motor, the left projector, and the right projector,
wherein the main body further comprises:
a housing having a space; and
a battery accommodated in the space,
wherein the seating body is disposed above the housing,
wherein the robot further comprises a foot supporter disposed on a front lower portion of the housing,
wherein each of the left projector and the right projector is spaced apart from the foot supporter along a longitudinal axis in a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being perpendicular to both the left direction and the right direction, and
wherein at least a portion of each of the left projector and the right projector faces a portion of the foot supporter in the longitudinal direction.