Patent attributes
Provided is a traveling apparatus including a front wheel supporting member configured to rotatably support a front wheel; a rear wheel supporting member configured to rotatably support a rear wheel; a driving unit configured to drive at least one of the front wheel and rear wheel; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a wheel base length between the front wheel and the rear wheel by a user changing relative positions of the front wheel supporting member and the rear wheel supporting member; a control unit configured to control the driving unit based on a target speed associated with the wheel base length; and a failure detection unit configured to detect a failure in the traveling apparatus. When the failure detection unit detects the failure, the control unit stops the control based on the target speed associated with the wheel base length and performs control to extend the wheel base length.
