• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.10
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• pp.842-850
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• 2014

This paper presents a trajectory tracking controller for rotorcraft UAVs to improve the tracking performances in the presence of various uncertainties. The proposed tracking method consists of a velocity guidance law based on the relative distance and L1 adaptive augmentation loop for tracking the velocity commands. In the proposed structure, the desired velocity generated by the guidance law is the reference value of the adaptive controller for accurate path tracking. In the guidance law, the desired acceleration is generated based on the relative distance and its derivatives, and then the velocity command of the inner control loop is calculated by integrating the accelerations. $L_1$ augmentation loop supplements the linear controller to guarantee the flight performances such as a tracking accuracy in the presence of the uncertainties. The proposed controller was validated in actual flight tests to successfully demonstrate its capability using a quadrotor UAV.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.187-187
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• 2022

최근 선박의 자율운항기술이 활발하게 연구되어 오면서, 경로추종 제어 및 충돌회피 등의 자율운항 기술 연구가 많이 진행되고 있으며 그에 따른 시뮬레이션과 실해역 시험 등도 활발하게 수행되고 있다. 이러한 자율운항기술 중 본 연구에서는 AUV(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) 진회수 시 모함에 활용되며 쌍동선형을 갖는 쌍동형 무인수상선을 대상으로 경로추종 제어에 대한 실해역 시험을 수행한 내용을 소개한다. 대상선인 쌍동형 무인수상선은 배수량이 약 10ton, 최대속도 10knots를 기준으로 설계된 선형이며 Sail drive 타입의 쌍축 추진기를 탑재하고 있으며 Fig. 1에 나타내었다. 실해역 시험은 경기도 화성시에 위치한 제부마리나 전면 해역에서 여러 속도에 대해 Fig. 2의 경로(빨간색)를 활용하여 수행되었다. 해당 경로는 변침각이 45도까지 이루어져 있다. 경로추종 제어 알고리즘은 목표경유점을 향하기 위해 선수각을 제어하는 부분과 목표속도로 추진하기 위해 속도를 제어하는 부분으로 나뉘어져 있다. 선수각 제어 시 경로와 무인선과의 위치 오차를 줄이는 방향으로 선수각이 향할 수 있도록 알고리즘이 설계되었다. 속도 제어의 경우 RPM 별로 실제 속도를 계측하여 데이터화 한 후, 실제 속도가 명령 속도와 다를 경우 RPM을 가감하여 명령 속도로 추진하기 위해 제어할 수 있도록 하였다. Fig. 2에서 파란색 선은 설계한 알고리즘을 활용하여 경로추종 제어를 한 결과의 궤적을 보여준다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.979-987
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• 2012

This paper implements and integrates algorithms for terrain following of UCAVs (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles): trajectory generation, guidance, and navigation. Terrain following is very important for UCAVs because they perform very dangerous missions such as Suppression of Enemy Air Defences while the terrain following can improve the survivability of UCAVs against from the air defence systems of the enemy. To deal with the GPS jamming, terrain referenced navigation based on nonlinear filter is chosen. For the trajectory generation, Voronoi diagram is adopted to generate horizontal plane path to avoid the air defense system. Cubic spline method is used to generate vertical plane path to prevent collisions with ground while flying sufficiently close to surface. Follow-the-Carrot and pure pursuit tracking methods, which are look-ahead point based guidance algorithms, are applied for the guidance. Numerical simulation is performed to verify the performance of the integrated terrain following algorithm.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.51-56
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• 2013

In order to apply a biped robot in real world, the robot requires a robust walking and a function of localization, path planning and navigation. Recently, localization and path planning using RFID of mobile robot has been studying. However, when the biped robot walks, it has unstability and tends to leave the path. In the paper we propose a method of walking stabilization using FSR(Force Sensing Resistor), Gyro and accelerometer for the real biped robot. Also a path tracking algorithm using RFID sensor attached in robot's foot is proposed based on localization of the robot. The proposed algorithm is verified from walking experiments using real biped robot on uneven terrain and path tracking experiments on the RFID environments.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.457-466
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose a wavelet neural network(WNN) based predictive control method for path tracking of mobile robots with multi-input and multi-output. In our control method, we use a WNN as a state predictor which combines the capability of artificial neural networks in learning processes and the capability of wavelet decomposition. A WNN predictor is tuned to minimize errors between the WNN outputs and the states of mobile robot using the gradient descent rule. And control signals, linear velocity and angular velocity, are calculated to minimize the predefined cost function using errors between the reference states and the predicted states. Through a computer simulation for the tracking performance according to varied track, we demonstrate the efficiency and the feasibility of our predictive control system.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.831-836
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• 2010

In real system application, the path planning and following system for the coordinated control of heterogeneous marine robots based on the underwater acoustic communication has the following problems: surface and underwater robots have different maneuvering properties, an underwater robot requires more effective operating, it has a limited communication range because of the transmission loss (TL) of acoustic wave, it has a communication error because of the Doppler distortion of acoustic wave, and further, it requires an easy design procedure in terms of its structures and parameters. To solve these problems, an intelligent path planning algorithm using the evolution strategy (ES) and the fuzzy logic controller (FLC) based on system modeling, is proposed. To verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, the path planning and following of an underwater robot is performed according to the maneuvering of a surface robot. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm effectively solves the problems.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.351-356
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• 2022

Among the path planning methods used to generate the ship's path, the graph search-based method is widely used because it has the advantage of its completeness, optimality. In order to apply the graph-based search method to the berthing path plan, the deviation from the path must be minimized. Path following suitability should be considered essential, since path deviation during berthing can lead to collisions with berthing facilities. However, existing studies of graph search-based berthing path planning are dangerous for application to real-world navigation environments because they produce results with a course change just before berthing. Therefore, in this paper, we develop a cost function suitable for path following, and propose a 3D A* algorithm that applies it. In addition, in order to evaluate the suitability for the actual operating environment, the results of the path generation of the algorithm are compared with the trajectory of the data collected by manned operations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.532-535
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• 2022

Path following algorithms have been intensively studied for various mobile platforms such as planetary exploration, unmanned delivery, and autonomous driving. However, ensuring high accuracy in practical applications is challenging due to enormous uncertainty inherent in real environment. In this paper, we aim to reveal the guideline for the design and implementation by investigating the path following performance of mobile robot controlled by the pure pursuit algorithm. To this end, we evaluate the accuracy of the pure pursuit algorithm when tuning the look ahead distance and deploying erroneous actuator.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.07d
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• pp.2329-2331
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 이동 로봇의 경로 추종 제어를 위해 웨이블릿 신경 회로망에 기반한 예측 제어기의 설계 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 제안한 방법에 의해 설계된 제어기는 이동 로봇의 동특성을 예측하기 위한 웨이블릿 신경회로망 기반 예측기와 예측 제어기로 구성된다. 제안한 방법에서 모델링 및 제어기로 적용되는 신경 회로망의 장점과 우수한 해석 능력을 가진 웨이블릿 변환의 장점을 결합한 웨이블릿 신경 회로망을 이용하여 이동 로븟의 동특성을 모델링하여 예측 제어기에서의 비용 함수 최소화에 적용한다. 경로 추종 제어의 목적인 이동 로봇의 실제 출력과 예측기의 출력 오차를 최소화하기 위해 웨이블릿 신경 회로망의 파라미터 동정 및 예측 제어기는 경사 하강법을 이용하여 학습한다. 마지막으로 컴퓨터 모의 실험을 통하여 제안한 예측 제어 시스템의 적용가능성 및 효율성을 검증하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.530-533
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• 2017

이 연구는 센서와 자율주행 자동차의 경로 추종의 효율성에 관한 연구이다. 자율주행 자동차의 '기술 현황'과 '주요 사용 센서 현황'을 통해 사용센서를 선정하였고, 선정한 센서들의 특성을 분석하였다. 초음파, 적외선, 조도 센서를 이용해 환경 변수가 제한된 상황에서 경로 추종 주행 연구를 실시하였다. 이 연구를 통해 동일 환경이라도 센서의 값이 상이한 것을 확인하였다.