• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.412-417
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• 2014

This paper presents the development and control of an omni-directional holonomic mobile robot platform, which is equipped with three lateral orthogonal-wheel assemblies. Omni-directionality can be achieved with decoupled rotational and translational motions. Simulation studies on collision avoidance are conducted. A real robot is built and its hardware is implemented to control the robot. Control algorithm is embedded on DSP and FPGA chips. Hardware for motor control such as PWM, encoder counter, serial communication modules is implemented on an FPGA chip. Experimental studies of following joystick commands are performed to demonstrate the functionality and controllability of the robot.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.23-23
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• 2004

이동로봇의 독립성과 움직임에 자유도를 높이기 위해서 축전지를 이동로봇에 탑재하고, 이를 이용하여 동력을 공급하는 경우가 대부분이다 이러한 경우에 에너지 효율은 제한된 동력을 가지는 시스템의 가동 가능시간을 결정하는 중요한 성능지수가 된다. 또한, 이동로봇의 최대속도나 최대가속도, 등판각도 등의 설계 사양을 소형의 모터를 사용하여 만족시키는 것은 이동로봇의 소형화, 경량화 및 시스템의 가격을 낮추기 위해 필수적이다. 그러나 이동로봇의 최대의 문제점 중의 하나인 소비전력의 감소에 대한 문제는 활발히 연구되고 있지 않다.(중략)

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.21-27
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• 2022

Traditional automobile or 2-wheeled robot have limitations on mobility because of their mechanical structure. As traditional automobile is being replaced by electric cars, robot technology is applied to the car industry. In robotics, many researchers worked on omnidirectional mobile robot and produced lots of noticeable results. However in many of the results, specialized wheels such as Mecanum wheels are required. That imposes restrictions on robot speed and outdoor driving. We proposed a 2-wheeled modular robot that has omnidirectional mobility without using specialized wheels. In this paper, we propose a 4-wheeled omnidirectional mobile robot that consists of those two modular robots. The proposed robot adopts electric brakes to combine wheel housings and the robot body or to separate wheel housings from the robot body. Two absolute-type encoders and four incremental encoders are used to control the position of the wheel housing and velocities of the wheels. The proposed robot has omnidirectional mobility and can move fast and outdoor with normal tire wheels. We implemented the proposed robot and the feasibility and stability of the robot is verified by two separate experiments.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.91-97
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• 2010

This paper describes a development of an network based remote surveillance system using omni-directional mobile robot. the proposed surveillance system can control a mobile robot to move and examines the given place closely while the conventional surveillance system uses a fixed camera. The mobile robot in the proposed system has three omni-directional wheels to move to any given direction freely. We also developed the proposed system as robot services using Microsoft's MSRDS for a user to control the mobile robot and monitor the remote scene captured from the robot. Finally we verified the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed system by conducting the remote operating the mobile robot and monitoring experiments in a networked environment. We also conducted a color based object detection and motion detection on image sequences acquired from a remote mobile robot in an another PC in a network environment.

• 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 KIPE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.601-604
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 전방향 등극기하를 이용하여 이동로봇의 효과적인 표식대응에 대하여 기술한다. 전방향 영상에서 등극점과 등극선의 특성에 따라 추출된 특징의 영상내 위치를 추정한다. 예측된 특징의 영상위치정보를 통해 효과적인 특징 대응을 하며 본 연구에서는 두영상에서 8개의 대응점을 이용하여 기초행렬 F를 구하고 이것으로 특징의 공간정보를 계산한다. 따라서 기초행렬 F에서 계산된 기초행렬 E로부터 로봇은 자신의 위치와 운동정보(회전, 병진운동)를 알 수 있다. 또한 효과적인 특징대응을 위해 탐색범위를 축소함으로써 계산시간의 단축과 강인한 특징대응을 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.237-242
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• 2009

Comparing with fixed-type Robots, Mobile Robots have the advantage of extending their workspaces. But this advantage need some sensors to detect mobile robot's position and find their goal point. This article describe the navigation teaching method of mobile robot using omni-directional position detection system. This system offers the brief position data to a processor with simple devices. In other words, when user points a goal point, this system revise the error by comparing its heading angle and position with the goal. For these processes, this system use a conic mirror and a single camera. As a result, this system reduce the image processing time to search the target for mobile robot navigation ordered by user.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.43-49
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• 1995

본 논문에서는 초음파 센서와 시각 센서에서 얻은 전방향 센서 데이타를 이용하여 실내 이동 로봇용 국부 유도 항법을 위한 새로운 환경 모델링 방법을 제안한다. 그리고 이 두 종류의 센서 데이타에 포함된 불확실성을 주관적 지식과 퍼지 연산법을 사용하여 정량적으로 다룰 수 있는 센서 융합법을 제안한다. 이 방법을 사용하여, 로봇의 현재 위치와 목표 위치간의 기하학적 관계를 더욱 정확하게 얻을 수 있다. 실험 결과를 통하여 제안된 모델링과 센서 융합법이 실내 이동 로봇 항법에 효과적임을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.333-334
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• 2012

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.84-89
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• 2014

In this paper, an image-based visual servo control strategy for tracking a target object is applied to a camera-mounted omni-directional mobile robot. In order to get target angular velocity of each wheel from image coordinates of the target object, in general, a mathematical image Jacobian matrix is built using a camera model and a mobile robot kinematics. Unlike to the well-known mathematical image Jacobian, a simple rule-based control strategy is proposed to generate target angular velocities of the wheels in conjunction with size of the target object captured in a camera image. A camera image is divided into several regions, and a pre-defined rule corresponding to the target-located image region is applied to generate target angular velocities of wheels. The proposed algorithm is easily implementable in that no mathematical description for image Jacobian is required and a small number of rules are sufficient for target tracking. Experimental results are presented with descriptions about the overall experimental system.