• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1991.11a
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• pp.146-154
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• 1991

As the application of robotic systems expand its scope, more research efforts are given in providing mobility to the robotic systems so that they can travel across various paths including those with formidable obstacles such as stairways or rough terrains. Legged locomotion is mainly concerned because the walking motion, like that of animal behavior, has many advantages over wheel type or track type locomotion especially in rough terrain. Walking robot, in general, having a discrete number of legs, have inherently low static stability. Static stability can be increased to a certain degree, by improving walking method, but it has many limitations such as reduced travel speed. A very promising possibility lies in the use of balancing weight, nevertheless its actual implementation is very rare. In this study, a 4-legged walking machine is developed and the static stability margin is increased with the balancing weight. In the future, this robot will be used to take an experiment on the walking in mush terrain.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.242-245
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• 2017

기존의 엔진제어기(ECU)는 주요 mapping data(ECU에 대응되는 값)들에 대해서 기밀성과 무결성을 제공하는 보호 기법의 부재로 인해 임의적인 튜닝이 가능하다는 특징이 존재하였다. 이로 인해 자칫 잘못된 튜닝이나 악의적인 조작이 발생할 수 있는 여지가 있으며, 이는 차량 엔진 및 조작의 안정성을 떨어뜨림과 동시에 운전자 및 보행자들의 안전을 위협할 수 있다는 문제가 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 ECU에 적용되는 Firmware의 주요 mapping data를 안전하게 암호화하는 방식을 제안하며, 이 과정에서는 차량의 식별 및 ECU에 mapping 되는 data의 무결성 검증을 위해 인증서를 사용하는 방식을 제안한다. 본 논문의 제안을 통해 주요 mapping data를 안전하게 보호하는 기술을 통해 차량의 안전성을 유지할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07d
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• pp.1969-1970
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• 2006

본 연구는, 장애물과 지형에 순응할 수 있는 새로운 형태의 변형 가능한 로봇을 제안하고자 한다. 사람이 활동하는 영역에서 로봇을 사용할 때, 항상 로봇의 이동에 적합한 환경을 제공해 줄 수는 없다. 따라서 로봇 자체가 환경을 인식하고 그에 맞게 동작할 수 있어야 한다. 로봇은 바퀴구동을 통한 평탄한 지형에서의 빠른 이동성과 보행을 통한 평탄하지 않은 지형에서의 이동성의 장점들을 동시에 지닐 수 있는 구조로 설계되었다. 스테레오 영상 시스템과 거리감지 센서모듈을 통해 로봇의 안정적이고 효과적인 동작을 구현하고자 한다. 본 논문에 대해서는 실험을 통해 이를 검증한다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.55 no.7
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• pp.319-326
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• 2006

This paper proposes a novel fault-tolerant gait for Quadruped robots using energy stability margins. The previously developed fault-tolerant gaits for quadruped robots have a drawback of having marginal stability margin, which may lead to tumbling. In the process of tumbling, the potential energy of the center of gravity goes through a maximum. The larger the difference between the potential energy of the center of gravity of the initial position and that of this maximum, the less the robot tumbles. Hence this difference of potential energy, dubbed as Energy Stability Margin (ESM), can be regarded as the stability margin. In this paper, a novel fault-tolerant gait is presented which gives positive ESM to a quadruped robot suffering from a locked joint failure. Positive ESM is obtained by adjusting foot positions between leg swing sequences. The advantage of the proposed fault-tolerant gait is demonstrated in a case study where a quadruped robot with a failed leg walks on a even slope.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.309-311
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• 2006

This paper aims to provide a way to improve dynamic stability of biped robots against undesirable disturbances. By using an angular velocity sensor on its shoulder, we can make a medium-sized biped robot walk stably against an impulsive disturbance. The measured signal from the sensor in used for compensating the reference angles of ankle, knee, and pelvis joints. An experiment shows that the stability of the robot is much enhanced by using a cheap sensor and simple algorithm. This kind of research helps biped robots walk more stably in real environments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.815-819
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• 1996

In this work, regular rotational gaits of the quadruped crawling robot required to change its moving direction without affecting be its orientation and its static stability margin are studied. The regular rotational gaits provide the quadruped crawling robot with omnidirectional characteristics. However, the ideal foothold region for each of legs of the quadruped crawling robot is assumed for simplicity. Nonetheless, it is expected that the results of this paper will provide the insight for both design of legs of the crawling robot with omnidirectional characteristics as well as its operation of the crawling robot system with specified stability margin.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06b
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• pp.301-306
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• 2001

In this paper, we developed a quadruped walking robot, FRAMIX-T, with insectile leg mechanism and we inspected the efficiency of it in detail. In robotics, the legs of insect type are appropriate for the stability and the agile movement. So we first performed a gait analysis using duty factor, stride, phase etc., and analyzed the stability margin to improve the stability of robot. On the basis of this research, we planned the wave gait suitable for FRAMIX-T and performed a walking experiment. From this result, we proved the high efficiency using insectile leg mechanism and the possibility of walking with improved stability and mobility.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.15 no.9
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• pp.959-966
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• 2009

An essential consideration when analyzing the gait of walking robots is their ability to maintain stability during walking. Therefore, this study proposes a vertical waist-jointed walking robot and gait algorithm to increase the gait stability margin while walking on the slope. First, the energy stability margin is compared according to the posture of the walking motion on slope. Next, a vertical waist-jointed walking robot is modeled to analyze the stability margin in given assumption. We describe new parameters, joint angle and position of a vertical waist-joint to get COG (center of gravity of a body) in walking. Finally, we prove the superiority of the proposed gait algorithm using simulation and conclude the results.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2016.03a
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• pp.513-515
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• 2016

There are various walking devices based on Theo Jansen mechanism. And these systems controlled by complicate equations. So we decided to optimize the design of walking device with two points of view. The device is required to ensure stability while maintaining the high speed. To simplify the control system, we applied trigonometric ratio with ideal Jansen trajectory. As a result, we were able to draw the connection between height of barrier and Ground Length (GL). Also we could change traveling distance and Ground Angle Coefficient (GAC) by shifting the position of the joints. Through controlling these parameter, we can analyze stability and speed of the device. Ultimately, we develop the device that can walk more efficiently by the optimization process.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11c
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• pp.456-459
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• 2003

This paper deal with the biped walking stability by inverted pendulum type balancing joints. This model is hard to interpretation for the nonlinearity caused by upper direction movement then conventional model which have roll and prismatic joints. We can interpret this model by a linear approximation or interpolation method. This paper use a linear approximation method that can decide a movement of upper direction. Inverted pendulum type balancing joints have a advantage of less movement for keep stability and similar with human than conventional model and this model can be used for humanoid robot. We can see a stability of biped by ZMP(Zero Moment Point). Genetic algorithm is used for trajectory planning that is important for stable walking of biped.