• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.182-189
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• 2002

This paper presents a framework of hybrid dynamic control systems for the motion control of wheeled mobile robot systems with nonholonomic constraints. The hybrid control system has the 3-layered hierarchical structure: digital automata for the higher process, mobile robot system for the lower process, and the interface as the interaction process between the continuous dynamics and the discrete dynamics. In the hybrid control architecture of mobile robot, the continuous dynamics of mobile robots are modeled by the switched systems. The abstract model and digital automata for the motion control are developed. In high level, the discrete states are defined by using the sensor-based search windows and the reference motions of a mobile robot in low level are specified in the abstracted motions. The mobile robots can perform both the motion planning and autonomous maneuvering with obstacle avoidance in indoor navigation problem. Simulation and experimental results show that hybrid system approach is an effective method for the autonomous maneuvering in indoor environments

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 1997년도 추계학술대회 학술발표 논문집
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• pp.79-82
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• 1997

In this paper, group intelligence "arrangement" bahavior of autonomous mobile robots(AMRs) is realized by the fuzzy rules. The fuzzy rules for the arrangement are generated from clustering the input-output data. Simulation shows that a small-number of fuzzy rules successfully realizes the arrangement behavior of AMRs.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.449-455
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• 2014

This paper presents a method for developing a TM (Traversability Map) from a DTM (Digital Terrain Model) collected by remote sensors of autonomous mobile robots. Such a map can be used to plan traversable paths and estimate navigation speed quantitatively in real time for robots capable of performing autonomous tasks over rough terrain environments. The proposed method consists of three parts: a DTM partition module which divides the DTM into equally spaced patches, a terrain information module which extracts the slope and roughness of the partitioned patches using the curve fitting and the fractal-based triangular prism method, and a traversability analysis module which assesses traversability incorporating with extracted terrain information and fuzzy inference to construct a TM. The potential of the proposed method is validated via simulation works over a set of fractal DTMs.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 하계학술대회 논문집 G
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• pp.3105-3107
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• 1999

In this paper, we propose a new approach to autonomous wall-following of wheeled mobile robots using hybrid control system. The hybrid control approach IS introduced to the motion control of nonholonomic mobile robots in the Indoor navigation problems. In hybrid control architecture, the discrete states are defined by the user-defined constraints, and the reference motion commands are specified In the abstracted motions. The hybrid control system applied to motion planning and autonomous navigation with obstacle avoidance In indoor navigation problem. Simulation results show that it is an effective method for the autonomous navigation in indoor environments.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.297-305
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• 1999

Autonomous mobile robots are required to achieve multiple goals while responding quickly to the dynamic environments. An appropriate robot control architecture, which clearly and systematically defines the relationship among the inputs, the processing functions and the outputs, thus needs to be embedded in the robot controller. This paper proposes a kind of hybrid control architecture which combines the key features of the two well-known robot control architectures; hierarchical and behavioral- based. The overall control architecture consists of three layers, i.e. the highest planner, the middle plan executor, and the lowest monitor and behavior-based controller. In the planned situation, only one behavior module is chosen by the logical coordinator in the plan executor according to the way point bin. In the exceptional situation, the central controller in the plan executor issues an additional control command to reach the planned way point. Several simulations and experiments with autonomous mobile robot show that the proposed architecture enables the robot controller to achieve the multiple sequential goals even in dynamic and uncertain environments.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.2464-2466
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• 2001

In this paper, a behavior-based fuzzy control of mobile robots for autonomous navigation is presented. Behaviors of mobile robots are divided into two categories: reactive behavior and purposeful behavior, which are incompatible with each other. The former is reaction performed in terms of the sensory data and the latter is action for achieving the goal. The presented method generates appropriate control inputs to the robot to trade-off between the reactive and purposeful behaviors using fuzzy inferences. The method is applied to an synchro-drive type mobile robot and shown to be useful for autonomous robot navigation by providing simulation results.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.275-284
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 자율이동로봇이 주위 환경을 알지 못하는 상황에서 목표점까지 안전하게 주행하게 하는 주행 알고리즘에 대해 연구한다. 주행 알고리즘에서 가장 고려해야할 부분이 장애물 회피 알고리즘인데, 본 논문에서는 장애물 회피 알고리즘인 VFH(Vector Field Histogram) 알고리즘과 퍼지 알고리즘을 조합하여 여러 가지 형태의 환경에서 최적의 성능을 내도록 한다. 로봇이 처한 환경에 따라 상위 레벨의 supervisor가 위의 두 가지 장애물 회피 알고리즘 중 적절한 것을 선택하도록 조합하고, 다양한 환경에서 모의실험을 수행함으로써 제안된 로봇주행 알고리즘의 성능을 검증한다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.389-397
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• 2011

The global dynamic window approach (DWA) is widely used to generate the shortest path of mobile robots considering obstacles and kinematic constraints. However, the dynamic constraints of robots should be considered to generate the minimum-time path. We propose a modified global DWA considering the dynamic constraints of robots. The reference path is generated using A* algorithm and smoothed by cardinal spline function. The trajectory is then generated to follows the reference path in the minimum time considering the robot dynamics. Finally, the local path is generated using the dynamic window which includes additional terms of speed and orientation. Simulation and experimental results are presented to verify the performance of the proposed method.

• 전자공학회논문지T
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• 제36T권2호
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• pp.14-20
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 자율분산로봇의 무선 통신시스템에 관하여 연구하였다. 이동로봇 사이의 협조 동작을 위하여 통신의 구현이 필요하다. 따라서, 우리는 이동로봇에 무선통신시스템을 적용하여 실험하였다. 그리고, 여러 이동로봇 사이의 상호작용을 연구하기 위하여 분산된 제어구조의 개념과 실험적 구조를 설명한다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.803-808
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• 2010

We propose a smooth path planning method for autonomous mobile robots. Due to nonholonomic constraints by obstacle avoidance, the smooth path planning is a complicated one. We generate smooth path that is considered orientation of robot under nonholonomic constraints. The proposed smooth planning method consists of two steps. Firstly, the initial path composed of straight lines is obtained from V-graph by Dijkstra's algorithm. Then the initial path is transformed by changing the curve. We apply the cardinal spline into the stage of curve generation. Simulation results show a performance of proposed smooth path planning method.