Charging robot and charging method

The invention provides a charging robot and a charging method. The charging robot comprises a robot main base, a first moving base, a second moving base, a pantograph and a charging device, wherein the first moving base is connected with the robot main base; the second moving base is connected with the first moving base; the pantograph is connected with the second moving base; the charging devicecomprises a detection module, an information interaction module and a control module; the detection module is used for collecting environmental information, and the environmental information comprisessafety information and electrode positions and distances of an electric vehicle; the information interaction module is used for sending the safety information to a cloud server connected with the charging robot in a communicating mode and receiving an identification result of the cloud server on the safety information; the control module is used for receiving the environmental information detected by the detection module