The present invention relates to a robot system which includes an
autonomous mobile robot as well as to the autonomous mobile robot. In the
system in which monitoring is performed using the autonomous mobile robot
which travels along a predetermined path, the present invention can
reduce the interval between the time when a user requests transmission of
images or the like and the time when the user obtains the images. The
autonomous mobile robot travels along a predetermined path at
predetermined times, a camera takes photographs at predetermined
locations during the travel along the predetermined path, images taken by
the camera are stored, and the stored images are sent to a requesting
cell phone or the like in response to a transmission request from the
cell phone or the like.
