• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.11
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• pp.1417-1423
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• 2020

This paper proposes a waypoint guidance algorithm for the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle(AUV). The proposed simplified guidance algorithm is presented, which is combined LOS guidance and cross-track guidance for path following. Cross-track error is calculated using the position of the AUV and reference path. LOS guidance and cross-track guidance are appropriately changed according to cross-track error. And the stability of the system has been improved using variable cross-track control gain by cross-track error. Also, in this paper, navigation hardware in-the loop simulation(HILS) is implemented to verify navigation algorithm of AUV that performs combined navigation using inertial navigation device and doppler velocity log(DVL). Finally, we design integrated system HILS (including navigation HILS) for performance verification of guidance algorithm of the autonomous underwater vehicle. By comparing the sea test result with HILS result, the proposed guidance algorithm and HILS configuration were confirmed be correct.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1497-1508
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• 1993

Real-time mobile robot controllers usually have been designed focused on control theory without paying attention to the importance of system integration. This paper demonstrates that autonomous mobile robots require a real-time controller with a wide range of capabilities in addition to control theory. An architectural frame work supporting these capabilities has been designed in actual hardware environments. Individual modules such as a path planner, a path tracking controller, position estimators, wheel controllers and other cruical elements have been successfully integrated into the control system using this frame work. The overall performance of the system was investigated via a series of tracking experiments with a prototype mobile robot named LCAR deveoped in the laboratory. The context of the research involves the architecture, its implementation and experimental results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10c
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• pp.184-186
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• 2006

We propose a new method for shortest path planning of mobile robots. The topological information of the graph is obtained by thinning method to generate the collision-free path of robot. And the travelling path is determined through hierarchical planning stages. The first stage generates an initial path by use of Dijkstra's algorithm. The second stage then generates the final path by use of dynamic programming (DP). The DP adjusts the intial path to reduce the total travelling distance of robot. Simulation results are presented to verify the performance of the proposed method.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.113-121
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• 2010

Land consolidation ratio for rice paddy fields reached to 64.7% as of 2008 in Korea, and this also accelerated automation of field machinery. Especially, research on autonomous tractors has been continuously conducted. Tillage is one of the labor-, energy-, and time-consuming field operations. Most important requirements for autonomous tractors would be travelling path planning and electronic system to control the tractor to follow the path. The instruction of computer was required to conduct the tillage operation in field with unmanned traveling tractor. This instruction was coincidently used in the control of the traveling path and the motion of tractor. The objectives of the study were 1) to characterize and model tillage operating sequence, turning pattern, and 2) to develop tillage path formation programs for autonomous tractor and evaluate the performance.

• Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.32-37
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• 2018

This paper proposes autonomous speed control strategy for an Electric Vehicle on urban road. SNU campus road is used to reperesent urban road situation. Motor efficiency of driving on campus circulation road can be improved by controlling velocity properly. Given information of campus road, especially slope of road, acceleration is selected from candidate, considering consumed power, human factor and driving time. To apply urban situation, preceding vehicle is also considered. With preceding vehicle, acceleration is defined according to clearance and relative velocity. Acceleration is bounded in normal range. Proposed acceleration control method is activated with proper velocity range for campus circulation road. With acceleration control, motor efficiency becomes better than driving with constant vehicle. To evaluate the performance of proposed acceleration controller, simulation study is conducted via MATLAB.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.1110-1116
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• 2010

This paper present an effective complementary filtering method using encoder and gyro sensors for the self-localization(including heading and velocity) of indoor mobile robot. The main idea of the proposed approach is to find the pros and cons of each sensor through a various maneuvering tests and to design of an adaptive complementary filter that works for the entire maneuvering phases. The proposed method is applied to an indoor mobile robot and the performances are verified through extensive experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.84-92
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• 2000

Recently, the progress of industrialization has been taken concern of material handling automation. So for, the conveyor belt has been popular for material handling. However, this system has many disadvantages such as the space, cost, etc. In this paper, a new navigation algorithm using fuzzy is introduced. The mobile robot follows a line installed on the roads. These informations are inputted with three approximate sensors. These obtained informations are analyzed with fuzzy control technique fur autonomous steering. Therefore, unlike existing systems, high reliability is guaranteed under bad environment conditions. The installation and maintenance of a line is easily made at lower cost. This developed mobile robot can be applied to material handling automation in manufacturing system, hospital, inter-office document del ivory.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.06e
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• pp.25-28
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• 2002

The path planning of autonomous mobile robot use two method. One is global path planning and another is local path planning. In this paper, We study the local path planning of autonomous mobile robot move in unknown enviroment. This local path planning is based on neural network using the direction indicator rules learning. also the system is made up of sensor system. The motion control system for real-time execution. The experimental results show that the developed direction indicator system operates properly and strongly at circumstance.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.75-80
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• 2016

This study proposes a efficient technology to control the optimal trajectory planning and real-time implementation method which can perform autonomous travelling for unmaned factory automation. Online path planning should plan and execute alternately in a short time, and hence it enables the robot avoid unknown dynamic obstacles which suddenly appear on robot's path. Based on Route planning and control algorithm, we suggested representation of edge cost, heuristic function, and priority queue management, to make a modified Route planning algorithm. Performance of the proposed algorithm is verified by simulation test.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.164-164
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• 1999

An autonomous mobile vehicle for transport system must plan optimal path in work environment without human supervision and obstacle collision. This is to reach a destination without getting lost. In this paper, a genetic algorithm for global and local path planning and collision avoidance is proposed. The genetic algorithm searches for a path in the entire and continuous free space and unifies global path planning and local path planning. The simulation shows the proposed method is an efficient and effective method when compared with the traditional collision avoidance algorithms.