• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.265-272
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• 2009

IVarious driving mechanisms to adapt to uneven environment have been developed for many urban search and rescue (USAR) missions. A tracked mechanism has been widely used to maintain the stability of robot's pose and to produce large traction force on uneven terrain in this research area. However, it has a drawback of low energy efficiency due to friction force when rotating. Moreover, single tracked mechanism can be in trouble when the body gets caught with high projections, so the track doesn't contact on the ground. A transformable tracked mechanism is proposed to solve these problems. The mechanism is designed with several articulations surrounded by tracks, used to generate an attack angle when the robot comes near obstacles. The stair climbing ability of proposed robot was analyzed since stairs are one of the most difficult obstacles in USAR mission. Stair climbing process is divided into four separate static analysis phases. Design parameters are optimized according to geometric limitations from the static analysis. The proposed mechanism was produced from optimized design parameters, and demonstrated in artificially constructed uneven environment and the actual stairway.

• Proceedings of the Korean Reliability Society Conference
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• 2002.06a
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• pp.113-113
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• 2002

차량용 Alternator는 기계적인 에너지인 엔진의 회전력을 이용하여 발전을 하여 차량의 전기장치를 작동시키는 데 필요한 전원을 공급하며, Battery에 전원을 충전하는 장치이다. 따라서 Alternator의 고장이 발생하면 초기에는 Battery 전원에 의해서 차량의 제어 및 동작이 가능하나 Battery가 방전되면 차량의 제어는 물론 장비의 작동 자체가 불가능해진다. 차량용 Alternator는 농기계 및 승용차용으로 사용하는 12V Alternator와 상용차 및 특수차량용으로 사용하는 24V Alternator로 나누어진다. 특히 굴삭기는 험지에서의 굴착작업, Breaker 작업 등 진동, 내열, 먼지 등 환경조건이 기존의 차량과는 대조가 되지 않을 정도로 열악하여 일반차량용에서 보다 부품수명도 짧고, 고장발생 모드도 다양하다. 본 장에서는 굴삭기에 사용되는 24V Alternator의 고장모드를 분석하고 Field에서 발생하는 고장을 개선함으로써 MTTF를 향상시키는 방법에 대하여 고찰하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.257-260
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• 2006

West coast of Korea belongs to the five largest tidal-flat zones in the world. Aiming at the efficient management and preservation of the eco-system and the enhancement of the bio-productivity of the tidal-flat zones, development of a environment-friendly vehicle for tidal-flat area is being attempted. This paper deals with the description of the characteristics of the tidal-flat zones of west coast of Korea, the technology assessment of the related products in the ATV(All-Terrain Vehicle) market, the demand assessment for the resident people.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.1304-1306
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• 2017

지금의 농산업 기술발전에서 발생하는 사회적 갈등을 방지 할 수 있는 기술혁신의 일종으로 무인 시스템을 탑재한 미니로봇의 개발에 대해 연구한다. 해당 로봇은 모바일 5축 매니퓰레이터 형태를 기반으로 하여 험지에서 이동하기 위해 궤도바퀴를 이용하였고 웹 서버와 자율주행 기술로 일련의 무인 시스템을 구축하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.05a
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• pp.5-8
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• 2020

매우 작은 크기의 센서들이 산악 등의 험지에 흩뿌려지는 스마트 더스트 환경은 장치들의 컴퓨팅 성능과 리소스가 매우 제한되기 때문에 각 센서들의 위치를 식별하기 매우 힘들다. 또한 초대량의 센서들이 뿌려지는 특성으로 인해 수집, 전송되는 데이터의 크기가 상상하기 힘들 정도로 커질 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 중간 매개 역할을 수행하는 디바이스의 위치와 삼변측량을 이용해 센서들의 위치를 계산하고 계산된 위치를 기반으로 동종의 센서에서 수집된 데이터를 축소, 통합하는 위치 기반 데이터 축소 시스템을 제안한다.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.14 no.10
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• pp.1062-1072
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• 2008

When mobile robots perform the mission in the rough terrain, the traversability depended on the terrain characteristic is useful information. In the traversabilities, wheel-terrain maximum friction coefficient can indicate the index to control wheel-terrain traction force or whether mobile robots to go or not. This paper proposes estimating wheel-terrain maximum friction coefficient. The existing method to estimate the maximum friction coefficient is limited in flat terrain or relatively easy driving knowing wheel absolute velocity. But this algorithm is applicable in rough terrain where a lot of slip occurred not knowing wheel absolute velocity. This algorithm applies the tire-friction model to each wheel to express the behavior of wheel friction and classifies slip-friction characteristic into 3 major cases. In each case, the specific algorithm to estimate the maximum friction coefficient is applied. To test the proposed algorithm's feasibility, test bed(ROBHAZ-6WHEEL) simulations are performed. And then the experiment to estimate the maximum friction coefficient of the test bed is performed. To compare the estimated value with the real, we measure the real maximum friction coefficient. As a result of the experiment, the proposed algorithm has high accuracy in estimating the maximum friction coefficient.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.38-44
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• 2011

Recently, the resource investigation has got much attention. The optimization of the resource investigation method and its automation are one of the most important keys for it. We propose the resource investigation emulating robot to overcome the conventional method; a numerical modeling. A nobel cable car robot system is developed. It minimizes the magnetic noise and comes true the gradient emulating of the field. This advanced system enables the optimization and automation of the resource investigation.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.251-260
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• 2009

Hybrid locomotive UGV with actively articulated legs along with wheeled ends has high traversability to travel over rough terrain. The behavior control method was usually adapted for the controlling of the suspension configuration which determines the traversability of the UGV. In this study, we are proposing a method of configuration planning of the legs without any detail geometric data about the terrain. The terrain was estimated by the traces of each wheel and the leg configurations for the desired posture of the vehicle were set up against the constraints of the terrain. Also, an optimal leg configuration was calculated based on the quasi-static stability and power consumption, and plans for the leg behavior were made. Validity of the proposed method was checked by simulations using some off-the-shelf programs, and showed that the orientation control without geometric features of terrains and simplification of the behavior planning for obstacle negotiation were possible.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.667-674
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• 2015

This paper describes the development of a prototype hexapod robot with six circular legs to overcome a variety of challenging terrains. The legs of the robot are very important for stability during walking, which are analyzed for determining the optimal design parameters through CAE tools. Its control system consists of three types of sensors, microprocessors, and communication modules for PC interface. The entire operation of the robot can be controlled and monitored using a PC. The experimental operations for three different roads verified the feasibility of the prototype robot for carrying out reconnaissance on multi terrain. In the near future, the prototype robot can be used for a military purpose of detecting and informing a potential risk in advance.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.5 no.6
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• pp.155-166
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• 1997

In this study, a simulation tool is developed in order to investigate non steady-state cornering performance of 6WD/6WS special-purpose vehicles. 6WD vehicles are believed to have good performance on off-the-road maneuvering and to have fail-safe capabilities. But the cornering performances of 6WS vehicles are not well understood in the related literature. In this paper, 6WD/6WS vehicles are modeled as a 18 DOF system which includes non-linear vehicle dynamics, tire models, and kinematic effects. Then the vehicle model is constructed into a simulation tool using the MATLAB /SIMULINK so that input/output and vehicle parameters can be changed easily with the modulated approach. Cornering performance of the 6WS vehicle is analyzed for brake steering and pivoting, respectively. Simulation results show that cornering performance depends on the middle-wheel steering as well as front/rear wheel steering. In addition, a new 6WS control law is proposed in order to minimize the sideslip angle. Lane change simulation results demonstrate the advantage of 6WS vehicles with the proposed control law.