Provided is a self-propelled electronic device that can efficiently extract itself from situations in which said device is trapped in places where the device cannot move, due to obstacles and downwardheight differences, for example. This self-propelled electronic device is characterized by comprising a housing, drive wheels that drive the housing, a drive control unit that controls the driving ofthe housing, and a peripheral area detection sensor that detects areas where driving is not possible in the periphery of the housing, wherein the drive wheels include independently driven left drivewheel and right drive wheel, and when the peripheral area detection sensor has detected that there is an area where driving is impossible on the left and to the front of the housing, the drive controlunit drives the left drive wheel and the right drive wheel backwards in such a manner that the amount of rotation of the left drive wheel is lower than the amount of rotation of the right drive wheel, and when the peripheral area detection sensor detects that there is an area where driving is impossible to the right and to the front of the housing, the drive control unit drives the left drive wheel and the drive wheel backwards in such a manner that the amount of rotation of the right drive wheel is less than the amount of rotation of the left drive wheel.