Patent ID: 7166832

Claim:
A self-running robot comprising: a plurality of first detection sensors detecting a heat source; a camera imaging an object on its optical axis; a moving device moving said plurality of first detection sensors and camera simultaneously; a second detection sensor detecting that said plurality of first detection sensors and camera have stopped; a first control device which, upon detection of said heat source by one of said plurality of first detection sensors, controls said moving device such that the optical axis of said camera is in the direction which that of the first detection sensors detecting said heat source faced; a second control device which controls said camera such that said camera images an object after said second detection sensor detects that said camera has stopped with its optical axis being in the direction which that of the first detection sensors detecting said heat source faced; and a third control device which controls said moving device such that said plurality of first detection sensors remain stationary for a predetermined time period after said second detection sensor detects that said camera has stopped with its optical axis being in the direction which that of the first detection sensors detecting said heat source faced.