• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.50-58
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• 2001

Chemical application is very hazardous in confined spaces under the canopy ceiling in Korean vineyard. For a small orchard sprayer adaptable to such a working condition, a low-cost autonomous steering control system was developed using two ultrasonic sensors, two electrically-operated cylinders and 80196kc microprocessor. A distance ranging system timed the round-trip for each ultrasonic wave to travel against parallel targets, placed every 1.5m spacing along both sides of a desired path. A steering control algorithm of the autonomous operation began with ranging left and right targets and the heading was decided using difference between the distances. Electrically-operated cylinders actuated steering clutches to guide the sprayer. Evaluation tests showed that the orchard sprayer could travel within RMS value of 5cm along the desired path. Ground speed did not affect the performance of the autonomous guidance system at the speed ranges of 0.29~0.52m/sec.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2024

The advancement of autonomous driving technology has heightened the importance of Autonomous Mobile Robotics (AMR) within smart factories. Notably, in tasks involving the transportation of heavy objects, the consideration of weight in route optimization and path planning has become crucial. There is ongoing research on local path planning, such as Dijkstra, A^*, and RRT^*, focusing on minimizing travel time and distance within smart factory warehouses. Additionally, there are ongoing simultaneous studies on route optimization, including TSP algorithms for various path explorations and on minimizing energy consumption in mobile robotics operations. However, previous studies have often overlooked the weight of the objects being transported, emphasizing only minimal travel time or distance. Therefore, this research proposes route planning that accounts for the maximum payload capacity of mobile robotics and offers load-optimized path planning for multi-destination transportation. Considering the load, a genetic algorithm with the objectives of minimizing both travel time and distance, as well as energy consumption is employed. This approach is expected to enhance the efficiency of mobility within smart factories.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.43-62
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• 2017

Mobile pulse scanning Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) are essential components of intelligent vehicles capable of autonomous travel. Obstacle detection functions of autonomous vehicles require very low failure rates. With the increasing number of autonomous vehicles equipped with scanning LIDARs to detect and avoid obstacles and navigate safely through the environment, the probability of mutual interference becomes an important issue. The reception of foreign laser pulses can lead to problems such as ghost targets or a reduced signal-to-noise ratio. This paper will show the probability that any two scanning LIDARs will interfere mutually by considering spatial and temporal overlaps. We have conducted four experiments to investigate the occurrence of the mutual interference between scanning LIDARs. These four experimental results introduced the effects of mutual interference and indicated that the interference has spatial and temporal locality. It is hard to ignore consecutive mutual interference on the same line or the same angle because it is possible the real object not noise or error. It may make serious faults because the obstacle detection functions of autonomous vehicle rely on heavily the scanning LIDAR.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.487-496
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• 1997

A fuzzy logic controller(FLC) was developed for the autonomous travel of speedsprayer in an orchard. The autonomous travel with the FLC was graphically simulated under the conditions of an ordinary standard orchard. Differential global positioning system(DGPS) was used to find the direction of running and four ultrasonic sensors were used to detect obstacles during the running. The simulation results showed that the speedsprayer, by the FLC combined with DGPS and the ultrasonic sensors. could overcome the turning problem at comers which could not be solved with such a system as machine vision and might be operated autonomously.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.483-484
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• 2008

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.107-118
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 VANET환경을 기반으로 하여 통행시간정보를 자율적으로 자가추정하는 기법을 제안하였다. 최근 무선통신기술은 주행 중인 차량들 간의 통신이 가능한 수준으로 발전되었다. 교통분야에서는 무선통신 기술을 기반으로 하여 자료를 수집하고 정보를 생성하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 개별차량(Agent)을 기반으로 하여 자차(Subject Vehicle)에서 필요한 자료를 수집하고, 정보를 생성하는 시스템을 구상하였다. 개별차량 내에서 운전자에게 정보제공을 하기 위해 수행되는 과정을 자료수집, 정보생성, 정보제공 단계로 구분하였으며, 각 단계에서의 자료처리 과정을 제시하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 통행시간 산출 방법론은 자차에서 수집된 자료를 이용하는 방법과 선행차량에서 수집된 자료를 이용하는 방법으로 구분되며, 두 방법론을 이용하여 추정한 통행시간을 통합하여 현장에 적용시 보다 정확한 정보를 제공할 수 있는 방법론을 제시하였다. 개별차량(Agent)기반 정보생성 방법론은 운전자가 필요로 하는 정보의 생성 및 제공을 개별적으로 수행하기 때문에 보다 운전자 중심적인 접근이 가능하다. 또한, 교통관제센터, RSE를 이용한 방법론 보다 정보의 생성 및 갱신이 자유롭기 때문에 교통상황의 급격한 변화에 대응하기 수월할 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에서 제시한 자율적 자가추정 통행시간 산출방법론은 도래하는 유비쿼터스 교통시스템에서 보다 정확하고 교통상황의 변화에 신속한 대처가 가능한 통행시간 추정기법으로 활용 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2013

Autonomous agricultural machines that are operated in small-scale farmland frequently experience turning and changes in direction. Thus, unlike when they are operated in large-scale farmland, the steering control systems need to be controlled precisely so that travel errors can be minimized. This study aims to develop a control algorithm for improving the path tracking performance of a steering system by analyzing the effect of the setting of the waypoint, which serves as the reference point for steering when an autonomous agricultural machine moves along a path or a coordinate, on control errors. A simulation was performed by modeling a 26-hp tractor steering system and by applying the equations of motion of a tractor, with the use of a computer. Path tracking errors could be reduced using an algorithm which sets the waypoint for steering on a travel path depending on the radius of curvature of the path and which then controls the speed and steering angle of the vehicle, rather than by changing the steering speed or steering ratio which are dependent on mechanical performance.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2018

In order to make the underwater vehicle carry out the mission in a submarine environment, it is needed to plan a safe and efficient route to a given destination and prevent the autonomous submersible from colliding with obstacles while moving along the planned route. The function of collision avoidance makes the travel distance of the autonomous submersible longer. Moreover, it should move slowly near to obstacles against their moving disturbance. As a result, this invokes the degradation of the navigation efficiency in the process of collision avoidance. The side effect of the collision avoidance is not ignorable in the case of high congested environments such as the coast with many obstacles. In this paper, we suggest a path planning method which provides the route with minimum travel time considering collision avoidance in congested environment. For the purpose, we define environmental congestion map related to geometric information and obstacles. And we propose a method to consider the moving cost in the RRT scheme that provides the existing minimum distance path. We verified that the efficiency of our algorithm with simulation experiments.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 2000년도 THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY ENGINEERING. V.III
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• pp.707-714
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• 2000

For self-guiding track-type orchard sprayer, a low-cost steering controller was developed using two ultrasonic sensors, two DC motors and 80196kc microprocessor. The operating principle of controller was to travel the sprayer between artificial targets such as wood stick placed every 1 m along both sides of the demanded path of speed sprayer. Measuring distances to both targets ahead with the ultrasonic sensors mounted on the front end of sprayer, the controller could determine how much offset the position of sprayer was laterally. Then the steering angle was calculated to actuate DC motors connected to the steering clutches, where the fuzzy control algorithm was used. Equipped with the controller developed in this research, the sprayer could be traveled along demanded path, the centerline between targets, at speeds of up to 0.4m/sec with an accuracy of ${\pm}$20cm.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.32-48
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• 2023

자율주행기술의 발달은 점차 개인화된 통행을 유도하며, 자율주행차량으로의 전환으로 인한 도로운영 측면에서 교통 영향력은 개인차량을 이용한 수요에 의해 가장 큰 영향력을 받는다. 따라서, 교통 영향력 검토를 위해서는 개인통행특성 이해를 기반한 통행발생량 산정이 필요하다. 개인 통행특성 반영이 가능한 Activity-based model(ABM)은 개인의 모든 이동을 다루므로 통행과 통행 사이의 관계에 대한 이해가 선행되어야 한다. 하지만, ABM은 실제 수요예측에서 데이터 구득문제와 같이 많은 한계점이 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 가구통행실태조사자료를 기반으로 통행간 관계를 설명할 수 있는 Tour-based 모형을 활용하였다. 또한, 샘플조사 자료의 전수화를 위해 차량등록대수 및 인구수 데이터를 활용하여 개인차량발생량 보정방안을 제시하였다. 통행발생량 분석결과, KTDB와 비교하였을 때 본 연구에서 전체통행발생량은 약 13% 높았으며, 업무통행의 경우 약 9% 차이로 합리적인 오차수준으로 분석되었다. 결과적으로 본 연구의 궁극적인 목표인 도로운영 측면의 자율주행차량 도입에 따른 수요예측을 위해 Activity-based 모형 구축에 앞서 개인통행특성을 반영할 수 있는 Tour를 기반으로 발생량 보정방안으로 활용될 수 있다.