TRAVELING ROBOT FOR GENERATING TRAVEL MAP AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

A driving robot includes: a camera including a depth camera; and at least one processor configured to: control the camera to acquire depth data in one or more areas where the driving robot moves, identify, from the acquired depth data, a plurality of scan data sets corresponding to a plurality of predetermined height levels, identify, based on the plurality of scan data sets, a plurality of feature scores corresponding to the plurality of scan data sets, and generate at least one area map corresponding to at least one scan data set among the plurality of scan data sets, wherein a feature score, among the plurality of feature scores, corresponding to the at least one scan data set is greater than or equal to a predetermined critical value.