The invention discloses an autonomous mobile fire-fighting robot capable of automatic detection and fire extinguishment, and a control method thereof. The autonomous mobile fire-fighting robot comprises a robot body, wherein a mobile chassis and an image-video acquisition module are arranged on the robot body, the front, rear, left and right parts of the mobile chassis are provided with wheels, a control system is arranged inside the robot body, the control system comprises a fire extinguishing system, an inertial navigation module, a laser navigation module, a core controller, a data storage module, a power supply module, a sensor unit, a video processing module, a motion control unit and an intelligent instrument, and the core controller is connected with the fire extinguishing system, the inertial navigation module, the laser navigation module, the data storage module, the sensor unit, the video processing module and the motion control unit. The control method of the autonomous mobile fire-fighting robot realizes autonomous starting and autonomous moving functions, is used for detecting temperature, sparks and fire situations in real time during the patrol process, and implements the autonomous fire extinguishing function immediately once a fire is discovered.