• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.329-334
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• 2008

It is well-known that a kind of wheel drive mechanism is usefully employed in various service robots. One of the essential requirements for such robots is regarded as the capability of climbing that enables them to run on an inclined road smoothly. So, this paper considers the capability of climbing in a wheel drive robotic mechanism and proposes a necessary discriminating condition to determine the specification of a driving actuator which will be employed. Consequently, it is expected that the proposed discriminating condition can be applied to wheel drive robotic mechanisms in the design aspect.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.697-709
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• 2010

The patrol robot is a typical extreme robot for the military use. It helps soldiers by detecting and informing a potential risk instead, and warning earlier. Also, these kinds of extreme robots need good ability to conquest rough road. In this paper, we studied new mechanism through which we can get high speed on the flat road with round shape wheels, and simultaneously can get good ability to overcome rough road with blade-shape wheels. The shape of the wheels is being self-adaptively changed automatically according to the condition of the road without using additional actuator.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.289-295
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• 2012

In recent years, an increased amount of research has been carried out on mobile robots to improve the performance of service robots. Mobile robots maximize the mobility of service robots, thus allowing them to work in different areas. However, conventional service robots have their center of mass placed high above the ground, which may cause them to fall when moving at high speed. Furthermore, hub-type actuators, which are often used for mobile robots, are large and expensive. In this study, we propose a mobile robot with a hub-type actuator unit and a variable footprint mechanism. The proposed variable footprint mechanism greatly improves the stability and mobility of the robot, allowing it to move freely in a narrow space and carry out various tasks. The performance of the proposed robot is verified experimentally.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.755-756
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 비평탄 지형 주행이 가능한 이동형 로봇의 구조 설계를 효율적으로 하기 위한 방법을 제안하고 실제로 구현하였다. 다양한 보행과 계단과 같은 비평탄 지형에서의 보행 메커니즘에 적합한 4개의 바퀴 및 구동 모터의 위치와 효율적 구조를 목적에 맞게 최적화 설계하였으며, 소형 로봇 플랫폼의 동작에 필요한 저전력의 효율적 구조를 제안하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.05a
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• pp.551-554
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• 2020

본 논문은 주행 로봇의 h/w에 관련된 연구로서, 기존의 험난한 지형을 극복하기 위해 1-자유도 반의 4-bar linkage 구조인 deformation wheel로 로봇 자체 지능을 통해 바퀴 변형을 수행한다. 바퀴변형을 통해 평지뿐만 아니라 비평지 지형도 극복하는 로봇을 제시한다. 또한, 로봇 몸체 중간에 관절로 다이나믹셀을 삽입해 deformation wheel로 극복하지 못하는 장애물을 관절이 로봇 body를 들어 올려줘서 장애물의 키기에 대한 관절의 각도 조절 방법에 대해 제시한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.3626-3635
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• 2011

The modular robots are a kind of system that was developed to overcome the limitation of the movement for the mobile robot with wheels or legs. In legs type mobile robot case, they are limited for velocity and balance during moving at the uneven terrain. In wheeled mobile robot case, they are also limited to overcome dump, stair and so on. The modular robots can overcome moving limitation because of their transforming ability. However, they are researched not only driving mechanism but also combination mechanism. In this paper we proposed four kinds of unique structure for the combination and separation and also its algorithm. The effectiveness of the structure is verified with building the real structure and taking experiments to the designed modular robot

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.463-466
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• 2017

The purpose of this paper is to develop a module capable of all-directional driving different from conventional wheeled robots, and to solve the problems of the conventional mobile robot with side driving performance degradation, It is possible to overcome the disadvantages such as an increase in the time required for the unnecessary driving. The all - direction spherical wheel drive module for driving a ball - balancing robot is required to develop a power transfer mechanism and a driving algorithm for driving the robot in all directions using three rotor casters. 3DoF (Axis) A driver with built-in forward motion algorithm is embedded in the module and a driving motor module with 3DoF (axis) for driving direction and speed is installed. The movement mechanism depends on the sum of the rotation vectors of the respective driving wheels. It is possible to create various movement directions depending on the rotation and the vector sum of two or three drive wheels. It is possible to move in different directions according to the rotation vector field of each driving wheel. When a more innovative all-round spherical wheel drive module for forward movement is developed, it can be used in the driving part of the mobile robot to improve the performance of the robot more technically, and through the forward-direction robot platform with the drive module Conventional wheeled robots can overcome the disadvantage that the continuous straightening performance is lowered due to resistance to various environments. Therefore, it is necessary to use a full-direction driving function as well as a cleaning robot and a mobile robot applicable in the Americas and Europe It will be an essential technology for guide robots, boarding robots, mobile means, etc., and will contribute to the expansion of the intelligent service robot market and future automobile market.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.356-361
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• 2020

This paper presents a lightweight milli-scale crawling robot that can crawl on both sides, which was inspired by the movement of insects. This robot has an excellent ability to overcome obstacles, such as the narrow gaps and the rough terrain. In addition, the robot can crawl steadily and rapidly through triangular alternation, such as ants or cockroaches. The process of smart composite microstructures (SCM) was employed to make a lightweight robot structure. The SCM process replaced the conventional mechanical parts with flexure joints and composite links, which allows the weight of the robot to be reduced. In addition, the robot structure was robust against external impacts owing to the compliance of the constituent materials. Using the SCM process, the robot weighed only 32g with twelve legs in total on both sides. The robot showed a crawling speed of 0.52m/s on the front side and 0.42m/s on the backside.