• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.191-197
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• 2005

Biped walking is the main feature of a humanoid robot. In a biped walking robot, there are many actuators to be controlled and many sensors to be interfaced. In this paper, we propose a DSP-based controller for a miniature biped walking robot with 21 RC servo motors. The proposed controller has a hierarchical structure; a host PC, a DSP-based main controller, and an auxiliary controller with an FPGA chip. The host PC generates and transmits the robot walking data for given walking parameters such as stride, walking period, etc. The main controller implemented with a TMS320LF2407A controls 21 RC servo motors via the auxiliary controller. We also perform some experiments for balancing motion and walking on a slope terrain with interfacing a 2-axis acceleration sensor and a TMS320LF2407A.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07d
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• pp.2546-2549
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• 2002

이족 로봇(A biped robot)의 안정된 보행과 움직임을 구현하기 위해서는 정밀 센서의 접목이 필수 사항이다. 센서의 정보를 종합한 다음 보행 및 움직임에 적용함으로써 로봇은 향상된 독립성과 자율성을 가지게 되고 그로 인해 지능형 로봇에 한층 더 접근할 수 있게된다. 본 논문에서는 이족로봇의 안정된 보행을 위해 기본이 되는 자세 기울어짐을 측정할 수 있는 가속도 센서를 이용한 이족로봇의 제어 방법을 다루고자 한다. 본 논문의 로봇은 소형 R/C servo motor를 사용하여 설계, 제작 하였으며, 하드웨어 시스템은 메인 CPU로 인텔사의 80C296SA50을 사용, 가속도 측정센서로는 Analog Device 사의 Accelerometer ADXL210를 사용하였다. 이와 같이 가속도 센서를 사용한 시스템은 로봇의 자세를 측정, 판단을 가능케 하여 실시간으로 로봇의 자세를 안정되게 보정 할 수 있어 외부의 변화되는 힘에 자율적으로 대처할 수 있다. 이 때문에 더욱 안정된 지능형 이족로봇을 구현할 수 있다.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.132-137
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• 2017

This paper proposes a transformation method of the zero moment point (ZMP) and the center of mass (CoM) from one walking pattern to other patterns by considering the structure of a robot or walking situations in real time. In general, a humanoid robot has own structure characteristics like height and mass. The structure characteristics make the given CoM/ZMP walking pattern of one human or one humanoid robot to be difficult to apply to other robot directly. For this purpose, we analyze the characteristics of walking patterns according to the step length, duration of walking support phase and the CoM height by using the cart-table model as the simple humanoid robot model. A transformation equation is derived from the analyzation and it is verified with simulation.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.126-133
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• 2023

In this study, electromyography was obtained in the six muscle areas that move the joints of the two legs, and by analyzing it, an exercise robot system capable of gait rehabilitation was proposed in consideration of the individual's muscle state. Through this, the system was constructed to prevent the effect of exercise from decreasing because the patient's will was not reflected when walking exercise was simply provided automatically. As a result of the evaluation of the developed system, it was confirmed that the pedestrian rehabilitation robot system manufactured through this study had performance suitable for the design requirements, and it was also confirmed that the usability evaluation was comprehensively satisfactory. The results of this study are thought to be of great help to patients who are having difficulty in gait rehabilitation, and are believed to be helpful in the development of electromyography signal-based gait robot systems.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.173-178
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• 2017

As research on the practical use of robots has continued since the past, advancements into each field of society are being continuously tried in modern society, breaking bounds from the previous experimental environment. However, in order for robots to be applied to the real environment, the production cost, which is considered to be the biggest disadvantage of commercializing the existing robot platform, and the adaptability issue in working environments in terms of human standards must be considered. This paper proposes a robot of biped walking form, which conforms to the degree of freedom and the size of human beings. By replacing the encoder with a combined module of potentiometer, the high cost of production is reduced, and by adopting a modular design that is easy to replace parts, the maintenance cost of robots is reduced. Finally, stability was verified by applying a walking pattern to two dummy robots of different sizes and motor arrangements. In this paper, after developing the real biped walking robots, the performance and usability were verified through walking experiments and applying the walking pattern using the developed robots.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.9
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• pp.825-837
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• 2017

This paper describes a novel type of a walking rehabilitation robot that applies robot technologies to crutches used by patients with walking difficulties in the lower body. The primary features of the developed robot are divided into three parts. First, the developed robot is worn on the patient's chest, as opposed to the conventional elbow crutch that is attached to the forearm; hence, it can effectively disperse the patient's weight throughout the width of the chest, and eliminate the concentrated load at the elbow. Furthermore, it allows free arm motion during walking. Second, the developed robot can recognize the walking intention of the patient from the magnitude and direction of the ground reactive forces. This is done using three-axis force sensors attached to the feet of the robot. Third, the robot can perform a stair walking function, which can change vertical movement trajectories in order to step up and down a single stair according to the floor height. Consequently, we experimentally showed that the developed robot can effectively perform walking rehabilitation assistance by perceiving the walking intention of the patient. Moreover we quantitatively verified muscle power assistance by measuring the electromyography (EMG) signals of the muscles of the lower limb.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.8 no.7
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• pp.1418-1423
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• 2004

A legged robot is friendly to human because it is resemble to human. And the robot can obtain support points freely because it has high degree of freedom for several joint as compared with a wheeled robot. Also the robot can create the relative position at desired position between support position and robot. The joint of robot cu used as manipulator. On the contrary the mechanism of robot is complicated to have many joint and moving speed is lower than wheeled robot. Also the legged robot is needed a special control not to fall on the ground because the robot is easy to vibrate when it is moving. The 4 leg structure is the minimum leg numbers not to fall and to realize safety gait continuously. A trot gait is investigated through experiments using a quadruped walking robot named TITAN-VIII.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.204-207
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• 2005

Until present, most studies about energy efficiency of quadruped walking robot are mathematical modelings, dynamic analysis or simulation consumption energy per period by basic efficiency evaluate in this paper, a quadruped walking robot Titan-VIII is used for walking experience. The total moving length is about 2[m]. The stride length is 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, walking period is changed by 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0[sec] per each stride length. So consumption energy of 12 cases are measured. The energy efficiency of quadruped walking robot was analyzed by data that is saved by an experiment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.288-291
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• 2022

본 논문은 4족 지능 로봇의 비평탄 지형 극복 기능을 구현하기 위해, 시뮬레이션 환경에서 제공하는 역기구학(Inverse Kinematic)과 개선된 강화 학습 방법(Partially Observable Markov Decision Process)을 분석하여 수립한 알고리즘을 동작 검증을 위한 임베디드 보드(Embedded Board)에 실제 적용하여 보았다. 이 연구를 통해 4족 보행 로봇의 효율적인 지형 극복형 보행 방식 설계 방법을 제안하며, 특히 IMU 센서의 지능적인 균형제어 방법을 평가하고 다양한 통신방식과 서보모터 제어 방식을 실험하고 구현하였다. 또한 모터 가감속 제어를 통해 보다 부드럽고 안정적인 보행을 구현한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.692-697
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• 2011

There are many researches to develop robots that improve its mobility to adapt in various uneven environments. In the paper, a hybrid mobile robot that can dock with the other robot and transforms between wheeled robot and legged robot is proposed. The hybrid mobile robot platform has docking device with a peg and a cup module. In addition, the robot is possible to walk and drive according to condition of the road. A navigation algorithm of the hybrid mobile robot is proposed to improve the mobility of robots using docking algorithm based on image processing on the broken road and uneven terrain. The proposed method recognizes road condition through PSD sensor attached in front and bottom of the robot and selects an appropriate navigation method according to terrain surface. The proposed docking and navigation methods are verified through experiments using hybrid mobile robots.