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On Safety Improvement through Process Establishment for SOTIF Application of Autonomous Driving Logistics Robot

  • Choi, Kyoung Lak;Kim, Min Joong;Kim, Young Min
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.209-218
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    • 2022
  • Today, with the development of the Internet and mobile technology, consumers' purchasing patterns have shifted from offline to online. In addition, due to the recent COVID-19, online purchases have significantly increased, and accordingly, the courier industry for logistics delivery has also grown significantly. Various logistics robots are being operated in many industrial and can reduce the labor intensity and physical and mental fatigue of workers. However, if the logistics robot does not properly recognize the people or environment around it, it can lead to a serious accident. We conducted that how logistics robots can perform safe work in a working environment such as a logistics warehouse through the application of ISO/DIS 21448 (SOTIF) to autonomous logistics transport robots. This result is expected to contribute to the operation of unmanned logistics warehouses using AGV.

A Path Generation Algorithm of Autonomous Robot Vehicle By the Sensor Platform and Optimal Controller Based On the Kinematic Model

  • Park, Tong-Jin;Han, Chang-Soo
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.399-399
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, path generation using the sensor platform is proposed. The sensor platform is composed two electric motors which make panning and tilting motions. An algorithm fur a real path form and an obstacle length is realized using a scanning algorithm to rotating the sensors on the sensor platform. An ARV (Autonomous Robot Vehicle) is able to recognize the given path by adapting this algorithm. In order for the ARV to navigate the path flexibly, a kinematic model needed to be constructed. The kinematic model of the ARV was reformed around its body center through a relative velocity relationship to controllability, which derives from the nonholonomic characteristics. The optimal controller that is based on tile kinematic model is operated purposefully to track a reference vehicle's path. The path generation algorithm is composed of two parks. On e part is the generating path pattern, and the other is used to avoid an obstacle. The optimal controller is used for tracking the reference path which is generated by recognizing the path pattern. Results of simulation show that this algorithm for an ARV is sufficient for path generation by small number of sensors and for low cost controller.

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A Study on the Path-Tracking of Electric Wheelchair Robot (전동휠체어 로봇의 경로추적제어에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Kyoung-Kwan;Yoon, Jong-Il;Le, Duy Khoa
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.1265-1271
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    • 2011
  • These days the number of aged and disabled people is increasing rapidly. But most of the disabled or the aged who have the ability to work, want to engage in economic activities and solve social restrictions as well as their bad financial conditions. This paper concerns about the tracking control of an electric wheelchair robot for welfare vehicle where the seat and electric wheelchair are separated and electric wheelchair robot must be autonomously controlled without the help of assistant. So the aged or the disabled people can drive welfare vehicle by himself by adopting this system. Therefore the concept of both an autonomous driving of electric wheelchair and path tracking robots is required in this system. Finally we suggested fuzzy controller in order to control the path tracking of electric wheelchair robot and compared the capability of the proposed controller with conventional PID controller.

An Optimal Path Planning of the Autonomous Guided Vehicle in the Environment with Dynamic Obstacles (동적 장애물 환경에서 자율운송장치의 최적 경로 계획)

  • Lee, Yun-Bae
    • The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.343-353
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    • 1995
  • The path navigation of autonomous guided vehicle(AGV) or autonomous mobile robot(AMR) assumed that the environment was completely known and the obstacles were fixed. So that, in an environment only partly known or not known at all, the previous works were not successful since the path exploration techniques involved in the work were neither directly applicable nor extensible. In order to improve such problems, this paper was adopted the quadtree technique and proposed the algorithm for an optimal path planning autonomously in an environment and proved a validity through a simulation.

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A Modelling and Control Method for a Hybrid ROV/AUV for Underwater Exploration

  • Nak Yong, Ko;Jiyoun, Moon
    • Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2023
  • As interest in underwater structures and ocean exploration increases, many researchers are proposing methods for modeling and controlling various remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Recently, hybrid systems composed of an autonomous underwater vehicle and an ROV capable of remote control and autonomous navigation are being developed. In this study we introduce a method that models Ariari-aROV, an ROV consisting of five thrusters, and performs navigation. The proposed ROV can be controlled manually and by autonomous navigation when given a target point. An extended Kalman filter is utilized for sensor measurement correction for more precise navigation. The proposed method is verified through a simulation.

Development of Ubuntu-based Raspberry Pi 3 of the image recognition system (우분투 기반 라즈베리 파이3의 영상 인식 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Gyu-Hyun;Jang, Jong-Wook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.10a
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    • pp.868-871
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    • 2016
  • Recently, Unmanned vehicle and Wearable Technology using iot research is being carried out. The unmanned vehicle is the result of it technology. Robots, autonomous navigation vehicle and obstacle avoidance, data communications, power, and image processing, technology integration of a unmanned vehicle or an unmanned robot. The final goal of the unmanned vehicle manual not autonomous by destination safely and quickly reaching. This paper managed to cover One of the key skills of unmanned vehicle is to image processing. Currently battery technology of unmanned vehicle can drive for up to 1 hours. Therefore, we use the Raspberry Pi 3 to reduce power consumption to a minimum. Using the Raspberry Pi 3 and to develop an image recognition system. The goal is to propose a system that recognizes all the objects in the image received from the camera.

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LiDAR Static Obstacle Map based Position Correction Algorithm for Urban Autonomous Driving (도심 자율주행을 위한 라이다 정지 장애물 지도 기반 위치 보정 알고리즘)

  • Noh, Hanseok;Lee, Hyunsung;Yi, Kyongsu
    • Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.39-44
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    • 2022
  • This paper presents LiDAR static obstacle map based vehicle position correction algorithm for urban autonomous driving. Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS is commonly used in highway automated vehicle systems. For urban automated vehicle systems, RTK GPS have some trouble in shaded area. Therefore, this paper represents a method to estimate the position of the host vehicle using AVM camera, front camera, LiDAR and low-cost GPS based on Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). Static obstacle map (STOM) is constructed only with static object based on Bayesian rule. To run the algorithm, HD map and Static obstacle reference map (STORM) must be prepared in advance. STORM is constructed by accumulating and voxelizing the static obstacle map (STOM). The algorithm consists of three main process. The first process is to acquire sensor data from low-cost GPS, AVM camera, front camera, and LiDAR. Second, low-cost GPS data is used to define initial point. Third, AVM camera, front camera, LiDAR point cloud matching to HD map and STORM is conducted using Normal Distribution Transformation (NDT) method. Third, position of the host vehicle position is corrected based on the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF).The proposed algorithm is implemented in the Linux Robot Operating System (ROS) environment and showed better performance than only lane-detection algorithm. It is expected to be more robust and accurate than raw lidar point cloud matching algorithm in autonomous driving.

Optimal Swimming Motion for Underwater Robot, Crabster (수중유영로봇 Crabster의 최적 유영 구현)

  • Kim, Daehyun;Lee, Jihong
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.284-291
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    • 2012
  • Recently, development of underwater robot has actively been in progress in the world as ROV(Remotely Operator Vehicle) and AUV(Autonomous Unmmanded Vehicle) style. But KIOST(Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology), beginning in 2010, launched the R&D project to develop the robot, dubbed CRABSTER(Crab + (Lob)ster) in a bid to enhance the safety and efficiency of resource exploration. CRABSTER has been designed to be able to walk and swim with its own legs without screws. Among many research subjects regarding CRABSTER, optimal swimming patterns are handled in this paper. In previous studies, drag forces during one period with different values for angle of each joint were derived. However kinematics of real-robot and fluid-dynamics are not considered. We conducted simulations with an optimization algorithm for swimming by considering simplified fluid dynamics in this paper. Drag-coefficients applied to the simulation were approximated values calculated by CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics : Tecplot 360, ANSYS). In addition, optimized swimming patterns were applied to a real robot. The experiments with the real robot were conducted in circumstances in the water. As a result, when the experiments were carried out in the water, a regular pattern of drag force output came out depending on the movement of the robot. We confirmed the fact that the drag forces from the simulation and the experiment has a high similarity.

The design of wall-climbing underwater robot system (수중 벽면 주행 기구의 설계)

  • 김병만;김경훈;박영수;박기용
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.237-240
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    • 1997
  • The design of underwater inspection robot system is presented. This robot system is designed for wall inspection in the nuclear plant facility. This paper describes the major components of the robot and its structures. This robot system is consisted of three parts : mechanical electrical and sensing pail. The main problem of designing mechanical part is to select the mechanism of driving. In this system the propeller driving mechanism is selected which can be move the robot continuously. For reducing the size of robot, we designed the CPU and motor controller board. The sensor system is consisted of two parts. One is environment monitoring part and the other is robot localization system.

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Mission Planning for Underwater Survey with Autonomous Marine Vehicles

  • Jang, Junwoo;Do, Haggi;Kim, Jinwhan
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2022
  • With the advancement of intelligent vehicles and unmanned systems, there is a growing interest in underwater surveys using autonomous marine vehicles (AMVs). This study presents an automated planning strategy for a long-term survey mission using a fleet of AMVs consisting of autonomous surface vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles. Due to the complex nature of the mission, the actions of the vehicle must be of high-level abstraction, which means that the actions indicate not only motion of the vehicle but also symbols and semantics, such as those corresponding to deploy, charge, and survey. For automated planning, the planning domain definition language (PDDL) was employed to construct a mission planner for realizing a powerful and flexible planning system. Despite being able to handle abstract actions, such high-level planners have difficulty in efficiently optimizing numerical objectives such as obtaining the shortest route given multiple destinations. To alleviate this issue, a widely known technique in operations research was additionally employed, which limited the solution space so that the high-level planner could devise efficient plans. For a comprehensive evaluation of the proposed method, various PDDL-based planners with different parameter settings were implemented, and their performances were compared through simulation. The simulation result shows that the proposed method outperformed the baseline solutions by yielding plans that completed the missions more quickly, thereby demonstrating the efficacy of the proposed methodology.