• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.24 no.8 s.179
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• pp.2065-2073
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• 2000

In this paper, we present a wall climbing robot whose gate pattern takes after those of specialized climbing animals such as spiders. Characteristic features of the biological locomotion are partly realized in the design of the mechanism. The robot has two legs and a trunk. Each one-dof leg with suction pads is driven by a motor which employs a closed loop linkage mechanism, and the trunk with suction pads steers the whole body of the robot using a motor. By generating adequate trajectories of the leg and simultaneously alternating the suction pattern between the legs and the trunk, we can achieve the spider like motion. The proposed idea is implemented in a robot and some tests are performed to evaluate its performance.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.321-323
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• 2019

본 논문은 벽면 이동 로봇의 진공흡착을 위한 Mechanism의 개선에 관한 연구로서, 시뮬레이션을 통해 로봇의 무게에 따른 중력을 견딜 수 있도록 흡착의 효율을 높이고, Mechanism의 여러 조건들을 고려하여 실험을 통해 가장 적절히 부합하는 조건을 판단하며 벽의 수직방향으로의 미는 힘과 챔버 내의 저압영역등과의 상관관계를 고려하여 흡착 능력을 개선하기 위한 방법을 판단하기 위해 실험을 진행하였다.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2019.10a
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• pp.1034-1037
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• 2019

본 논문은 진공을 이용한 흡착방식과 바퀴형 이동방식을 사용하는 벽면 이동로봇의 구성과 로봇 내부에서의 균열검출 및 처리 프로세스에 관한 연구이다. 임베디드 시스템에서 기계학습을 이용한 균열검출을 구현하기 위해 YOLO v3를 수정하여 구동하였으며, 검출된 균열의 영상을 저장하고 위치 정보를 추정하였다. 또한, 균열 정보를 수집하기 위해 고정 IP를 갖는 서버를 구축하고 각 기기 간의 효율적인 통신 네트워크를 구성하였다. 본 기술은 균열검출 작업뿐만 아니라 보수작업에도 활용될 수 있어, 대형 구조물과 건축물 등의 안전진단뿐만 아니라 안전성 향상에 이바지할 수 있을 것으로 예상한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.69-76
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• 2004

Most tasks of the large vertical or ceiling structures have been carried out by human power. Those tasks require us much operation costs and times, safety devices, etc. So the need of automation for those tasks have been rising. That automation needs a wall-climbing mobile vehicle. Most former researches are things about attachment devices and moving mechanisms. A wall-climbing mobile vehicle must be designed by a method different from the case of the vehicle of the horizontal environment. That is because gravity acts as a negative role on the stability of a wall-climbing vehicle. In this thesis, the particular shape characteristics of a wall-climbing mobile vehicle are derived by the wall-environment modeling. In addition, some design constraints of the permanent magnetic wheel as an attachment device was studied. According to those requirements and constraints, one specific wall-climbing mobile vehicle was designed and some experiments were made on the attachment ability of that vehicle.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1676-1681
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• 2003

The attachment of mobile vehicle is necessary for the automated operation on the inclined or vertical walls of steel structures. Since the vehicle requires attaching devices additionally, its overall efficiency can be reduced by the devices. Therefore, external shapes of mobile vehicles have to be researched to give the effective movement on the vertical face. For the design of mobile vehicle, the guideline has been derived from the modeling of wall-climbing, so that the vehicle should have a specific external shape for vertical movement due to the gravitational force. Hence, some adequate arrangement of attaching device to the mobile vehicle has been presented for the effective movement. In the experiments with four permanent magnetic wheels, a plausible result was achieved as a vertical attaching force of 185.2(N), a friction force of 153.8(N) and a curvature radius of 1.4m. The mobile vehicle should be modified according to the proposed design guideline. and then it could be applied to a specific operation as an appropriate external shape. Also, Further research is recommended on an optimal posture and a moving method in a specific application. as the attaching force ortho vehicle can be affected by its posture.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.77-84
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• 2004

The attachment of mobile vehicle is necessary for the automated operation on the inclined or vertical walls of steel structures. Since the vehicle requires attaching devices additionally, its overall efficiency can be reduced by the devices. Therefore, external shapes of mobile vehicles have to be researched to give the effective movement on the vertical face. For the design of mobile vehicle, the guideline has been derived from the modeling of wall-climbing, so that the vehicle should have a specific external shape for vertical movement due to the gravitational force. Hence, some adequate arrangement of attaching device to the mobile vehicle has been presented for the effective movement. In the experiments with four permanent magnetic wheels, a plausible result was achieved as a vertical attaching force of 185.2(N), a friction force of 153.8(N) and a curvature radius of 1.4m. The mobile vehicle should be modified according to the proposed design guideline, and then it could be applied to a specific operation as an appropriate external shape. Also, Further research is recommended on an optimal posture and a moving method in a specific application, as the attaching force of the vehicle can be affected by its posture.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.177-185
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• 2010

In this paper, a wall climbing robot, called LAVAR, is developed, which is using an impeller for adhering. The adhesion mechanism of the robot consists of an impeller and two-layered suction seals which provide sufficient adhesion force for the robot body on the non smooth vertical wall and horizontal ceiling. The robot uses two driving-wheels and one ball-caster to maneuver the wall surface. A suspension mechanism is also used to overcome the obstacles on the wall surface. For its design, the whole adhering mechanism is analyzed and the control system is built up based on this analysis. The performances of the robot are experimentally verified on the vertical and horizontal flat surfaces.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2016.04a
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• pp.25-27
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• 2016

본 논문은 카메라와 적외선 센서를 이용하여 수직 벽면을 이동하는 로봇에 최적화 된 장애물 인식방법을 제안한다. 장애물을 인식 하는 순서는 적외선 센서를 통해 앞에 장애물이 있는지 확인하고 카메라를 이용하여 앞의 장애물의 유형을 판단한다. 장애물의 유형은 크게 작은 장애물과 직선 장애물 그리고 곡선 장애물이 있다. 곡선 장애물과 작은 장애물의 경우에는 회피를 하고 직선 장애물인 경우 장애물을 넘어간다. 장애물과 로봇은 수평으로 맞추어야 안정적으로 장애물을 건널 수 있으므로 넘어가야 하는 장애물이라면 수평인지 판단하고 수평이 아니라면 회전을 통해서 수평을 맞춘다. 수평이 맞추어 지면 장애물을 넘어간다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.76-86
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• 2020

In this study, a small autonomous driving robot was developed for underground mines using the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor. The developed robot measures the distances to the left and right wall surfaces using the LiDAR sensor, and automatically controls its steering to drive along the centerline of mine tunnel. A field experiment was conducted in an underground amethyst mine to test the driving performance of developed robot. During five repeated driving tests, the robot showed stable driving performance overall. There were no collision accidents with the wall of mine tunnel.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.423-423
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• 2000

This paper proposes an effective algorithm for following a wall by an autonomous mobile robot with sonar sensors and infrared sensors in an indoor environment. The proposed method uses deadreckoning to estimate the current position and orientation of a mobile robot. Sonar sensor data are used to estimate shape and position of wall using proposed algorithm. Infrared sensor data are used as assistant when sonar sensor data is uncertain. Simulation results using mobile robot show that the proposed algorithm is proper for the following wall.