• 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.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.304-309
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• 2014

In this paper, we design a hybrid wheeled and legged mobile robot with a waist joint. The proposed hybrid mobile robot is designed to have a hybrid structure with leg and wheel for the efficient movement in flat and uneven surfaces. The proposed robot have a waist joint that is used to stably transform from wheeled driving to legged walking of the robot and to overcome non-flat surface. In order to recognize various environments we use LRF sensor, PSD sensor, CCD camera. Also, a motion planning method for hybrid mobile robot with a waist joint is proposed to select wheeled driving motion and legged walking motion of the robot based the environment types. We verify the efficient mobility of the developed hybrid mobile robot through navigation experiments using the proposed motion planning method in various environments.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.574-584
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• 2017

In this paper, the optimizing path finding control method is studied for a Legged-robot. It's named TITAN-VIII. It has a lot of advantages over the wheeled robot in the ability to walk freely on an irregular ground. However, the moving speed on the ground of the Legged-robot is slower than the Wheeled-robot's. Consequently, the purpose of the method is presented in this paper to minimize its time when it walks to a goal. It find the path, our approach is based on an algorithm which is called Dijkstra's algorithm. In the rest of paper, the various posture of the robot is discussed to keep the robot always in the statically stable. Based on above works, the math formulas are presented to determine the joint angles of the robot. After that an algorithm is designed to find and keep robot on the desired trajectory. Experimental results of the proposed method are demonstrated in the last of paper.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.750-751
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• 2023

현재 로봇 배달 서비스의 실외 상용화를 위해 다양한 주행 환경에 대한 최적화 연구가 진행되고 있습니다. 본 논문에서는 비평탄 지형에 안정적인 주행이 가능하며, 효율적인 장애물 극복을 위한 로봇 구조를 제시합니다. 본 연구에서는 기존 다리-바퀴 방식을 통한 장애물 극복 로봇과 비교 연구를 진행하며 모터 구동 토크의 이론적인 계산 비교, 모의실험을 통한 검증으로 로봇 설계안의 성능을 평가합니다. 이 연구를 통해 고안한 로봇의 동작을 설명하며, 4륜 주행 로봇의 혁신적인 장애물 극복 설계 방법을 제안합니다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.44 no.4 s.316
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• pp.35-41
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• 2007

In this paper a single-wheeled robot called GYROBO is built and its hardware is implemented. The single-wheeled robot is similar to a rolling disk relying on gyroscopic motions to maintain its balance. The GYROBO consists of three actuators: a spin motor a tilt motor, and a drive motor. The spin motor spins a flywheel at a high rate so that it provides the balancing stability to upright the robot. The tilt motor controls steering of the robot by gyroscopic effect. The drive motor makes forward accelerated motion to the robot. Several models are designed. Experimental works of the GYROBO to turn and move forward have been presented.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.05a
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• pp.551-554
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• 2020

본 논문은 주행 로봇의 h/w에 관련된 연구로서, 기존의 험난한 지형을 극복하기 위해 1-자유도 반의 4-bar linkage 구조인 deformation wheel로 로봇 자체 지능을 통해 바퀴 변형을 수행한다. 바퀴변형을 통해 평지뿐만 아니라 비평지 지형도 극복하는 로봇을 제시한다. 또한, 로봇 몸체 중간에 관절로 다이나믹셀을 삽입해 deformation wheel로 극복하지 못하는 장애물을 관절이 로봇 body를 들어 올려줘서 장애물의 키기에 대한 관절의 각도 조절 방법에 대해 제시한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.448-453
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• 2012

There are many researches to develop robots that improve its mobility to adapt in various uneven environments. In the paper, a hybrid wheeled and legged mobile robot is designed and a obstacle avoidance algorithm is proposed based on low power walking using LRF(Laser Range Finder). In order to stabilize the robot's motion and reduce energy consumption, we implement a low-power walking algorithm through comparison of the current value of each motors and correction of posture balance. A low-power obstacle avoidance algorithm is proposed by using LRF sensor. We improve walking stability by distributing power consumption and reduce energy consumption by selecting a shortest navigation path of the robot. The proposed methods are verified through walking and navigation experiments with the developed hybrid robot.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.755-756
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 비평탄 지형 주행이 가능한 이동형 로봇의 구조 설계를 효율적으로 하기 위한 방법을 제안하고 실제로 구현하였다. 다양한 보행과 계단과 같은 비평탄 지형에서의 보행 메커니즘에 적합한 4개의 바퀴 및 구동 모터의 위치와 효율적 구조를 목적에 맞게 최적화 설계하였으며, 소형 로봇 플랫폼의 동작에 필요한 저전력의 효율적 구조를 제안하였다.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.89-110
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is analyzing the preference of young children for the outward appearance of a teacher-aided humanoid robot. The subjects of this study were 180 kindergarten children who were 4 years old. Ninety five children among the subjects were male, and 85 children were female. The instrument used for this study consisted of 15 questions that involved 3 domains; figure, face, and practical use of robot. The major findings of the study were as follows: First, young children preferred a smooth and intimate robot, and one that had a similar size to them. Second, young children preferred a more characteristic face with big eyes. Third, young children preferred a robot which had a contoured body Fourth, young children preferred a robot which had two legs or tank wheels. Fifth, young children preferred a robot that could play with them and be manipulated by them.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.509-515
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• 2010

In this paper, the mechanism that can walk efficiently in wet land or sand area is proposed. A vision camera is attached to the mechanism, which makes a kind of biologically inspired robot for coast guard. This visionary information enables the biologically inspired robot to react in peripheral environment by a soft-computing algorithm. In addition, the biologically inspired robot can achieve the mission appointed by a programmer connecting with outside, based on RF and Blue-tooth communication module. Therefore, the purpose of this research is the implementation of the biologically inspired robot that can operate most adaptively in sand and wet surface based on Theo Jansen mechanism.