CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING ROBOT AND CLEANING ROBOT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control method for a cleaning robot for efficiently executing a traveling failure avoiding operation, and for efficiently executing a cleaning operation.SOLUTION: The control method for a cleaning robot includes: a step (S41) of moving a cleaning robot in a first direction; a step of continuing to move the cleaning robot in the first direction when the photo-detector of the cleaning robot detects a light beam; a step of stopping the cleaning robot after moving by a predetermined distance when the photo-detector does not detect the light beam; and a step (S46) of moving the robot in a second direction which is different from the first direction.