• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.96-103
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• 2009

This paper describes a humanoid robot's intelligent foot with two six-axis force/moment sensors. The developed humanoid robots didn't get the intelligent feet for walking on uneven surface safely. In order to walk on uneven surface safely, the robot should measure the reaction forces and moments applied on the sales of the feet, and they should be controlled with the measured the forces and moments. In this paper, an intelligent foot for a humanoid robot was developed. First, the body of foot was designed to be rotated the toe and the heel to all directions, second, the six-axis force/moment sensors were manufactured, third, the high-speed controller was manufactured using DSP(digital signal processor), fourth, the humanoid robot's intelligent foot was manufactured using the body of foot, two six-axis force/moment sensors and the high-speed controller, finally, the characteristic test of the intelligent foot was carried out. It is thought that the foot could be used for a humanoid robot.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.161-162
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.289-290
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.297-298
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.61-68
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• 2010

In order to let the humanoid robot walk on the uneven terrains, the robot's foot should have the similar structure and function as human's. The intelligent foot should be made up of toes and heel. When it walks on the uneven terrains, the foot's sole senses the force and adjusts foot's position before robot losing his balance. In this paper, the force sensors of robot's intelligent foot for having the similar structure and function like human are developed. The heel 3-axis force/moment sensor and toe force sensors for humanoid robot's intelligent foot is developed, and the characteristic tests of them are carried out. As a result of characteristic test, the interference error of the heel 3-axis force/moment sensor is less than 2.2%. It is thought that the developed force sensors could be used to measure the reaction forces which is applied the toes and the heel of a humanoid robot.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.59-64
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• 2005

In the paper, we propose an intelligent walking algorithm of biped robot on the uneven ground and a posture stabilization algorithm against external forces. At first, the mechanics and the control system of biped robot that can walk on the uneven ground and stand external forces are designed. We propose obstacle hurdling, incline walking. and going-up stairs algorithm by using infrared sensors and FSR sensors. Also, posture stabilization algorithm against external forces is designed using FSR sensors. Infrared sensors ate used to detect the obstacles in the working environment and FSR sensors are used to obtain the ZMP of biped robot. The developed biped robot can be controlled by the remote control system using vision system and RF module. The experimental results show that the biped robot Performs obstacle avoidance, obstacle hurdling, walking on the inclined plane, and going up stairs using the proposed walking and stabilization algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.685-686
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.71-74
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• 2004

이족보행로봇을 실생활에 적용하기 위해서는 비평탄지형에서의 안정적인 자율보행 및 자세 안정화는 반드시 필요한 기능이다. 본 논문에서는 계단, 경사지형, 다양한 형태의 장애물에 대처가능한 이족보행로봇의 기구설계 및 원격제어 가능한 제어시스템 구현에 대하여 설명하고, 이러한 비평탄지형에서 발에 부착된 적외선센서 및 FSR센서, 머리에 장착될 카메라를 사용한 안정된 자율보행 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 또한 발바닥에 장착된 FSR센서를 사용하여 외부에서 들어오는 외력에 대처하는 자세안정화 알고리즘도 제안하였다. 제안한 자율보행 및 자세안정화 알고리즘들은 이족보행로봇을 제작하여 다양한 환경에서 실험으로 검증하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.686-691
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• 2003

In the paper, an intelligent biped walking robot that can overcome the obstacle is developed. Walking algorithms are designed based on the analysis of the human's manner of walking. Infrared sensors are used to detect the obstacles in the working environment and the remote controller of the biped robot use a RF module. The experiment results show that the developed biped walking robot can perform the stable static walking, attention walking, rotation and side stepping to avoid the obstacle, and hurdling the obstacle using the distance correction algorithm that is designed based on the distance information between the biped robot and the obstacle.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1097-1102
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• 2007

This paper describes the development of 6-axis force/moment sensor for an intelligent robot's foot. In order to walk on uneven terrain safely, the foot should perceive the applied forces Fx, Fy, Fz and moments Mx, My, Mz to itself. The applied forces and moments should be measured from a 6-axis force/moment sensor attached to a humanoid robot's foot(ankle). They in the published paper already have some disadvantage in the size of the sensor, the rated output and so on. The rated output of each component sensor (6-axis force/moment sensor) is very important to design the 6-axis force/moment sensor for precision measurement. Therefore, each sensor should be designed to be gotten similar the rated output under each rated load. So, the sensing elements of the 6-axis force/moment sensor should get lots of design variables. Also, the size of 6- axis force/moment sensor is very important for mounting to robot's foot. In this paper, a 6-axis force/moment sensor for perceiving forces and moments in a humanoid robot's foot was developed using many PPBs (parallel plate-beams). The structure of the sensor was newly modeled, and the sensing elements (plate-beams) of the sensor were designed using FEM (Finite Element Method) analysis. Then, the 6-axis force/moment sensor was fabricated by attaching strain-gages on the sensing elements, and the characteristic test of the developed sensor was carried out. The rated outputs from FEM analysis agree well with that from the characteristic test.