• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.685-696
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• 2011

An efficient laparoscope manipulator robot was designed to automatically control the position of laparoscope via a passive joint on end-effector position. The end position of the manipulator is controlled to have corresponding velocity defined in the global coordinate space using laparoscopic visual information. Desired spatial position of laparoscope was derived from detected positions of surgical instrument tips, then the clinical viewing plane was moved by visual servoing task. The laparoscope manipulator is advantageous for automatically maintaining clinically important views in the laparoscopic image without any additional operator. A laparoscope is mounted to a holder which is linked to four degree of freedom manipulator via universal joint-type passive rings connection. No change in the design of laparoscope or manipulator is necessary for its application to surgery assistant robot system. Expanded working space and surgical efficiency were accomplished by implementing slant linking structure between laparoscope and manipulator. To ensure reliable positioning accuracy and controllability, the motion of laparoscope in an abdominal space through trocar was inspected using geometrical analysis. A designed laparoscope manipulating robot system can be easily set up and controlled in an operation room since it has a few subsidiary devices such as a laparoscope light source regulator, a control PC, and a power supply.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.263-268
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• 2015

Due to an increased sitting time in work, lumbar disc disease is one of the most frequent diseases in modern days, and this occasionally requires surgery for treatment. Endoscopic disc surgery, one of the common disc surgeries, requires a process of inserting a guide needle to the target disc for which the insertion path is manually planned by drawing lines on the patient's skin while monitoring the fluoroscopic view of the lumbar. Such procedure inevitably exposes both surgeon and patient to the fluoroscopy radiation emitted from the c-arm for a long time. To reduce the radiation exposure time, this study proposes a computer assisted method of calculating the 3D guide needle path by using 2D c-arm images of the disc in 3 different angles. Additionally, a method of the guide robot control based on the 3D needle path was developed by implementing the Hand-eye Calibration method to calculate the transformation matrix between the c-arm and robot base coordinate systems. The proposed system was then tested for its accuracy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.266-278
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• 2021

Lobectomy is the standard treatment for early non-small cell lung cancer. Various surgical techniques for lobectomy have been developed, and minimally invasive thoracic surgery, such as video-assisted thoracic surgery or robot-assisted thoracic surgery, has been considered as an alternative to conventional open thoracotomy. The recently robotic lobectomy technique has developed since the first case series was published in 2002. Several studies have reported that robotic lobectomy has comparable oncologic and perioperative outcomes to those of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy and open lobectomy. However, robotic lobectomy remains a challenge for surgeons because of the steep learning curve, reduced tactile sensation, difficulty in port placement, and challenges in cooperation between the surgeon and assistant. Many studies have reported on robotic lobectomy, but few have presented surgical techniques for robotic lobectomy. In this article, the surgical techniques and optimal performance of robotic lobectomy are described in detail for all 5 types of lobectomy for surgeons beginning with robotic lobectomy.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.730-744
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• 2023

The topic of this paper is the recognition of human activities using egocentric vision, particularly captured by body-worn cameras, which could be helpful for video surveillance, automatic search and video indexing. This being the case, it could also be helpful in assistance to elderly and frail persons for revolutionizing and improving their lives. The process throws up the task of human activities recognition remaining problematic, because of the important variations, where it is realized through the use of an external device, similar to a robot, as a personal assistant. The inferred information is used both online to assist the person, and offline to support the personal assistant. With our proposed method being robust against the various factors of variability problem in action executions, the major purpose of this paper is to perform an efficient and simple recognition method from egocentric camera data only using convolutional neural network and deep learning. In terms of accuracy improvement, simulation results outperform the current state of the art by a significant margin of 61% when using egocentric camera data only, more than 44% when using egocentric camera and several stationary cameras data and more than 12% when using both inertial measurement unit (IMU) and egocentric camera data.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.912-918
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• 2016

This paper presents various strategies for humanoid vehicle driving and egress tasks. For driving, a tele-operating system that controls a robot based on a human operator's commands is built. In addition, an autonomous assistant module is developed for the operator. Normal position control can result in severe damage to robots when they egress from vehicles. To prevent this problem, another approach that mixes various joint control techniques is adopted in this study. Additionally, a footplate is newly designed and attached to the vehicle floor for the ground landing phase of the egress task. The attached plate enables the robot to step down onto the ground in a safe manner. For stable locomotion, a balance controller is designed for the humanoid. For the design of the controller, the robot is modeled using an inverted pendulum that consists of a spring and a damper. Then, a state feedback controller (with pole placement and a state observer) is built based on the simplified model. Many approaches that are presented in this paper were successfully applied to a full-sized humanoid, DRC-HUBO+, in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, which were held in the United States in 2015.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2003

기존의 이동로봇 시스템은 완전한 자율주행이 주된 목표였으며 이때 영상정보는 단지 모니터링을 하는 보조적인 수단으로 사용되었다. 이에 따라 이동로봇의 자체 기능이 점차 고도화되는 방향으로 연구가 진행되었고, 제작비 또한 함께 상승하게 되었다. 그러나 구동만이 목적인 저렴한 이동로봇 시스템을 조작자가 원격 제어하는 것 또한 중요한 분야 중 하나이다. 이때 원격제어에 사용되는 신호로는 카메라에 의한 영상정보와 초음파 센서 등에 의한 거리정보를 주로 사용하게 된다. 그러나 영상정보는 3차원의 입체적 정보를 제공하는 데에는 부적절하기 때문에 초음파 센서를 이용한 거리정보가 매우 유용하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 초음파 센서의 정보를 이용한 원격제어용 힘 반향 조이스틱을 개발하였다 힘 반향 알고리즘은 하나의 식으로 표현하기 곤란하므로 전문가 시스템의 구현이 매우 필요한 분야이다. 따라서 퍼지 논리를 사용하여 생성한 힘 반향 알고리즘을 이동로봇 원격제어에 사용함으로써 조작자가 이동로봇 주변 환경을 쉽게 인식하여 이동로봇을 안전하게 주행할 수 있도록 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제67권1호
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• pp.60-72
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• 2024

Objective : Recently, robotic-assisted spine surgery (RASS) has been considered a minimally invasive and relatively accurate method. In total, 495 robotic-assisted pedicle screw fixation (RAPSF) procedures were attempted on 100 patients during a 14-month period. The current study aimed to analyze the accuracy, potential risk factors, and learning curve of RAPSF. Methods : This retrospective study evaluated the position of RAPSF using the Gertzbein and Robbins scale (GRS). The accuracy was analyzed using the ratio of the clinically acceptable group (GRS grades A and B), the dissatisfying group (GRS grades C, D, and E), and the Surgical Evaluation Assistant program. The RAPSF was divided into the no-breached group (GRS grade A) and breached group (GRS grades B, C, D, and E), and the potential risk factors of RAPSF were evaluated. The learning curve was analyzed by changes in robot-used time per screw and the occurrence tendency of breached and failed screws according to case accumulation. Results : The clinically acceptable group in RAPSF was 98.12%. In the analysis using the Surgical Evaluation Assistant program, the tip offset was 2.37±1.89 mm, the tail offset was 3.09±1.90 mm, and the angular offset was 3.72°±2.72°. In the analysis of potential risk factors, the difference in screw fixation level (p=0.009) and segmental distance between the tracker and the instrumented level (p=0.001) between the no-breached and breached group were statistically significant, but not for the other factors. The mean difference between the no-breach and breach groups was statistically significant in terms of pedicle width (p<0.001) and tail offset (p=0.042). In the learning curve analysis, the occurrence of breached and failed screws and the robot-used time per screw screws showed a significant decreasing trend. Conclusion : In the current study, RAPSF was highly accurate and the specific potential risk factors were not identified. However, pedicle width was presumed to be related to breached screw. Meanwhile, the robot-used time per screw and the incidence of breached and failed screws decreased with the learning curve.

• 정보처리학회논문지D
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• 제12D권3호
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• pp.481-492
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• 2005

시각 장애인용 유도 로봇을 안전하게 유도하기 위해서는 경로를 검색하기 위해 사용되는 전자지도가 섬세해야 하며 위험한 위치에 대한 정보를 가지고 있어야 한다. 또한 GPS와 INS에 의해 획득한 위치정보를 통하여 안전하면서도 빠른 최단 경로를 검색해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 시각 장애인의 인식 능력의 차이에 따라 시각 장애인에게 경로의 안내 및 위치정보만을 제공하는 이동경로 생성 및 확인을 위한 자기 위치 추적 시스템과 주변 환경정보인식 및 GPS 오차보정기능을 가진 유도로봇과 통합된 시각장애인용 전역항법시스템을 구현하였다. 이 시스템을 통하여 시각 장애인이 비교적 짧은 거리를 이동하고자 할 때 활용할 수 있으며, 실외 환경에서는 GPS의 보조 항법 시스템으로 위치의 보정을 할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.223-232
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 새로운 교사도우미 로봇에 초점을 맞추어 클라우드 기반의 교육서비스 모델을 연구하여 서버영역에 적용하고, 클라이언트 영역에서는 교사도우미 로봇을 초등학교 교실환경에 적용하여 어학교육 서비스 플랫폼으로 활용하고자 한다. 새로운 사물인터넷(IoT)기술 접목을 통해 쾌적한 스마트 교실환경을 만들고 다양한 미디어에 대한 인터페이스를 지원하도록 한다. 이러한 목적의 달성을 위해 광범위한 선행연구와 사례분석을 통해서 서비스 모델구축에 필요한 기본적인 요구조건을 정리하였다. 임베디드 기반의 영상인식, 음성인식, 자율주행은 물론 디스플레이, 터치스크린, IR센서, GPS, 온습도 센서에 대한 기술을 광범위하게 적용하여 서비스를 완성하도록 한다. 본 연구결과의 가장 핵심적인 시사점은 클라우드 기술을 활용한 최적화된 플랫폼에 로봇러닝 및 IoT, BIM기술 융합을 통한 지능형로봇기반의 스마트 교실구축 가능성 제시에 있다고 본다.

• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보교육학회 2005년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.409-415
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• 2005

세계적으로 로봇 산업이 차세대 신성장 동력 산업으로 급부상하여 인간과 상호작용 즉 HRI 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있는데, 최근 들어 로봇의 교육적 활용 연구가 시작되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 교사 보조 로봇의 수업에서의 활용 가능성을 보기위해 사전에 만화 시나리오를 통한 적합한 교과목 후보를 정하였고, 초등학생 6학년의 기대역할을 갖는 프로토타입 로봇을 설계 개발하여 후보 교과목 수업에 활용하는 실험을 실시하였다. 이를 통해 아동이 로봇에게 기대하는 역할이 실험자의 의도와 일치하는지와 교육적 효과 제고에 기여를 하는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 그 결과, 아동은 교사 보조 로봇을 자신보다 약간 높은 나이로 인식하고, 친근하지만 자신보다 우월하여 자신을 이끌어 줄 수 있는 역할을 기대한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 교사 보조 로봇 활용이 교사와 아동의 흥미 유발에 있어 매우 효과적임을 보여, 향후 교사 보조 로봇은 ICT 활용 교육의 또 다른 매체로서의 가능성을 확인하였다.