• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2013

In this paper we propose nonlinear control system for automatic unmanned vehicle using a RC (Radio Controlled) car which is usually controlled by a remote controller. In the proposed system, a RC car is dissembled and reassembled with several parts enabling it to be controlled by an android mobile platform with Bluetooth communication. In our system, an android mobile smartphone is mounted on the RC car and plays an important role as an eye of the car. The proposed system automatically controls the RC car to follow a lane that we draw on the floor of our laboratory. Also, the proposed RC car system can also be controlled manually using the accelerometer sensor of a smartphone through a Bluetooth module. Our proposed system that has both manual mode and automatic mode consists of several components; a microprocessor unit, a Bluetooth serial interface module, a smartphone, a dual motor controller and a RC toy car. We are now in the development of a group driving system in which one car follows the front car that tracks a lane automatically.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 무인자율주행자동차를 레이싱 경기에 운용하기 위해 차량의 전면유리 중앙에 설치된 단안카메라를 사용하여 원거리에 있는 차량을 인식하고 추적하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 차량은 하르(Haar) 특징을 사용하여 탐지하고, 차량바닥에 있는 그림자를 검출하여 차량의 크기와 위치를 판단한다. 인식된 차량의 주변을 ROI(: Region Of Interest)로 설정하여 다음 프레임들에서는 ROI 내부의 차량 그림자를 찾아 추적한다. 이를 통하여 차량의 위치, 상대속도와 이동방향을 예측한다. 실험결과는 100m이상의 거리에서 90%이상의 인식율로 차량을 인식하였다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.211-224
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• 2019

This paper deals with a nonlinear controller based on saturation functions with variable parameters for set-point regulation and trajectory tracking control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). In many cases, saturation functions with constant parameters are used to limit the input signals generated by a classical PD (Proportional-Derivative) controller to avoid damaging the actuators; however this abrupt bounded harms the performance of the controller. We, therefore, propose to replace the conventional saturation function, with constant parameters, by a saturation function with variable parameters to limit the signals of a PD controller, which is the base of the nonlinear PD with gravitational/buoyancy compensation and the nonlinear PD + controllers that we propose in this paper. Consequently, the mathematical model is obtained, considering the featuring operation of the underwater vehicle LIRMIA 2, to do the stability analysis of the closed-loop system with the proposed nonlinear controllers using the Lyapunov arguments. The experimental results show the performance of an AUV (LIRMIA 2) for the depth control problems in the case of set-point regulation and trajectory tracking control.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.38-48
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• 2023

To maintain the existing systems of ships and introduce autonomous operation technology, it is necessary to improve situational awareness through the sensor fusion of the automatic identification system (AIS) and automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA), which are installed sensors. This study proposes an algorithm for determining whether AIS and ARPA signals are sent to the same ship in real time. To minimize the number of errors caused by the time series and abnormal phenomena of heterogeneous signals, a tracking method based on the combination of the unscented Kalman filter and probabilistic data association filter is performed on ARPA radar signals, and a position prediction method is applied to AIS signals. Especially, the proposed algorithm determines whether the signal is for the same vessel by comparing motion-related components among data of heterogeneous signals to which the corresponding method is applied. Finally, a measurement test is conducted on a training ship. In this process, the proposed algorithm is validated using the AIS and ARPA signal data received by the voyage data recorder for the same ship. In addition, the proposed algorithm is verified by comparing the test results with those obtained from raw data. Therefore, it is recommended to use a sensor fusion algorithm that considers the characteristics of sensors to improve the situational awareness accuracy of existing ship systems.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.939-947
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• 2010

With the rising numbers of elderly and disabled people, the demand for welfare services using a robotic system and not involving human effort is likewise increasing. This study deals with a mobile-robot system combined with a BWS (Body Weight Support) system for gait rehabilitation. The BWS system is designed via the kinematic analysis of the robot's body-lifting characteristics and of the walking guide system that controls the total rehabilitation system integrated in the mobile robot. This mobile platform is operated by utilizing the AGV (Autonomous Guided Vehicle) driving algorithm. Especially, the method that integrates geometric path tracking and obstacle avoidance for a nonholonomic mobile robot is applied so that the system can be operated in an area where the elderly users are expected to be situated, such as in a public hospital or a rehabilitation center. The mobile robot follows the path by moving through the turning radius supplied by the pure-pursuit method which is one of the existing geometric path-tracking methods. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified through the real experiments those are conducted for path tracking with static- and dynamic-obstacle avoidance. Finally, through the EMG (Electromyography) signal measurement of the subject, the performance of the proposed system in a real operation condition is evaluated.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제14B권3호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2007

이동차량 혹은 이동로봇의 자율 주행에 있어서 주변 환경의 인식을 통하여 산출되는 자기위치확인은 가장 핵심적인 요소이다. 일반적으로 GPS나 INS를 통합하여 이동차량 혹은 이동로봇에 장착된 카메라의 위치와 방향을 얻을 수 있지만, 이 경우 정확한 자기위치인식을 위해서는 충분한 지상 기준점을 이용해야만 한다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 호모그래피 방법이 2차원 특징점의 상관관계를 이용하는 것과는 다르게 GPS와 INS 입력값을 이용하여 이전 시점 영상과 중첩된 3차원 모델로부터 얻어진 3차원 좌표를 투영 변환함으로써 예측한 위치와 현재 시점 영상으로부터 KLT 추적방법을 사용하여 산출된 대응 특징점의 위치 사이의 관계로부터 카메라의 위치와 방향을 산출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법의 성능을 평가하기 위해 무선으로 운행되는 간이실험장치 내에 CCD카메라, GPS, INS 등을 장착하였으며, 영상은 15Hz의 프레임율로 획득한 비디오시퀀스를 사용하여 실시간으로 카메라 위치와 방향을 산출하는 실험을 수행하였다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.83-99
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• 2021

4차 산업혁명의 도래와 함께 자율주행자동차의 주행관리 및 주행 전략과 관련된 연구들이 대두되고 있다. 이러한 연구를 위해서는 차량의 미시적 교통데이터의 확보가 필수적이나, 기존 교통정보 수집 방식은 개별차량의 주행행태를 수집할 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 미시적 교통정보를 수집 가능한 항공에서 내려다보는 관점의 교통정보 수집을 위해 드론 항공영상을 활용하였다. 관련 연구의 한계점을 극복하기 위하여 딥러닝 기반 다중객체추적 알고리즘과 영상정합을 활용하여 미시적 교통데이터를 추출하였다. 그 결과로 속도는 MAE 3.49km/h, RMSE 4.43km/h, MAPE 5.18km/h의 오차율과 교통량 Precision 98.07%, Recall 97.86%의 정확도를 획득하였다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.922-932
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• 2018

방사형 거리 센서는 측량 및 자율 주행에 널리 사용된다. 이러한 센서의 작동 원리 및 적용 방법의 교육이 필요하다. 상용 방사형 거리 센서의 저성능화를 통한 저가화가 계속되고 있지만, 교육 목적으로 사용하기에는 여전히 고가이다. 본 논문에서는 교육용 로봇에 활용할 수 있는 저가의 포토트랜지스터의 방사형 배열을 이용한 물체추적기능을 갖는 거리 센서 모듈을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 포토트랜지스터를 180도 범위의 배열로 배치하여 빠르게 움직이는 물체의 위치를 즉시 감지할 수 있으며 서보 모터를 사용한 센서 회전으로 감지 각도 범위를 향상하고 물체를 추적한다. 제안된 센서의 스캔 속도는 상업용 거리 센서보다 50~200배 빨라서 1ms의 제어 루프를 가지는 고성능의 교육용 모바일 로봇에 적용할 수 있다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.250-259
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• 2021

Path planning is one of the important technologies for automated parking. It requires to plan a collision-free path considering the vehicle's kinematic constraints such as minimum turning radius or steering velocity. In a complex parking lot, Rapidly-exploring Random Tree^* (RRT^*) can be used for planning a parking path, and Reeds-Shepp or Hybrid Curvature can be applied as a tree-extension method to consider the vehicle's constraints. In this case, each of these methods may affect the computation time of planning the parking path, path-tracking error, and parking success rate. Therefore, in this study, we conduct comparative analysis of two tree-extension functions: Reeds-Shepp (RS) and Hybrid Curvature (HC), and show that HC is a more appropriate tree-extension function for parking path planning. The differences between the two functions are introduced, and their performances are compared by applying them with RRT^*. They are tested at various parking scenarios in simulation, and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed by computation time, cross-track error while tracking the path, parking success rate, and alignment error at the target parking spot. These results show that HC generates the parking path that an autonomous vehicle can track without collisions and HC allows the vehicle to park with lower alignment error than those of RS.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.745-754
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• 2013

An efficient urban outdoor localization and navigation system is proposed for car-like robots. First an accurate outdoor localization method is suggested using line/arc features and 2.5D map matching with LRFs (Laser Range Finders), which can reduce the number of singular cases and increase accuracy. Also, path generation, path tracking, and path modification algorithms are proposed for navigation. All these algorithms are implemented on an electric scooter to construct an autonomous urban outdoor localization and navigation system. Experiments reveal the practicality of the proposed system.