Abstract: A vacuum cleaner capable of shortening time for cleaning and thus performing efficient cleaning in accordance with a cleaning area. The vacuum cleaner includes a main casing, a driving wheel, a cleaning unit, a feature point extraction part, and a control unit. The driving wheel enables the main casing to travel. The cleaning unit cleans a floor surface. The feature point extraction part extracts feature points in a periphery of the main casing. The control unit controls the driving of the driving wheel to make the main casing autonomously travel. The control unit, at the start of cleaning, compares the feature points extracted by the feature point extraction part and feature points corresponding to a previously-stored cleaning area to specify a present cleaning area.