ROBOT SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To construct a robot system easily setting an area through which a robot may pass and an area through which the robot is not allowed to pass in an environment.SOLUTION: The robot loaded with a laser distance sensor is used and moved along a boundary of a passable range such as a wall surface. During this movement, sensor data by the distance sensor is recorded and matched with a map indicating the geometric shape of the environment to obtain a locus when the robot moves in the environment. When scanning by a sensor is performed at each point of the locus, a position where the laser intersects an obstacle on the map is obtained, and an entry forbidden area is set when an intersection with the obstacle is inside the locus, while the passable area is set otherwise.