• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.287-296
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• 2020

The present study aims to improve the accuracy of the maneuvering simulations based on captive model test results. To derive the hydrodynamic coefficients in a self-propelled condition, a mathematical maneuvering model using a whole vehicle model was established. Captive model tests were carried out using the Vertical Planar Motion Mechanism (VPMM) equipment. A motor controller was used to control the constant propeller revolution rate during pure motion tests. The resistance tests, self-propulsion tests, static drift tests, and VPMM tests were performed in the towing tank of Seoul National University. When the vertical drift angle changes, the gravity load on the sensors were changed. The hydrodynamic forces were deduced by subtracting the gravity load from the measured forces. The hydrodynamic coefficients were calculated using the least-square method. The simulation of the turning circle test was compared with the free-running model test result, and the error of the turning radius was 8.3 % compared to the free-running model test.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.340-352
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• 2022

This article presents a modeling method for the uncorrelated measurement error of the ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system for aiding navigation of underwater vehicles. The Mahalanobis distance (MD) and principal component analysis are applied to decorrelate the errors of USBL measurements, which are correlated in the x- and y-directions and vary according to the relative direction and distance between a reference station and the underwater vehicles. The proposed method can decouple the radial-direction error and angular direction error from each USBL measurement, where the former and latter are independent and dependent, respectively, of the distance between the reference station and the vehicle. With the decorrelation of the USBL errors along the trajectory of the vehicles in every time step, the proposed method can reduce the threshold of the outlier decision level. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, simulation studies were performed with motion data obtained from a field experiment involving an autonomous underwater vehicle and USBL signals generated numerically by matching the specifications of a specific USBL with the data of a global positioning system. The simulations indicated that the navigation system is more robust in rejecting outliers of the USBL measurements than conventional ones. In addition, it was shown that the erroneous estimation of the navigation system after a long USBL blackout can converge to the true states using the MD of the USBL measurements. The navigation systems using the uncorrelated error model of the USBL, therefore, can effectively eliminate USBL outliers without loss of uncontaminated signals.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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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.

• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2006년 창립20주년기념 정기학술대회 및 국제워크샵
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• pp.339-346
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• 2006

Increased usage of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has led to the development of alternative navigational methods that do not employ the acoustic beacons and dead reckoning sensors. This paper describes a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) scheme that uses range sonars mounted on a small AUV. The SLAM is one of such alternative navigation methods for measuring the environment that the vehicle is passing through and providing relative position of AUV by processing the data from sonar measurements. A technique for SLAM algorithm which uses several ranging sonars is presented. This technique utilizes an unscented Kalman filter to estimate the locations of the AUV and objects. In order for the algorithm to work efficiently, the nearest neighbor standard filter is introduced as the algorithm of data association in the SLAM for associating the stored targets the sonar returns at each time step. The proposed SLAM algorithm is tested by simulations under various conditions. The results of the simulation show that the proposed SLAM algorithm is capable of estimating the position of the AUV and the object and demonstrates that the algorithm will perform well in various environments.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2018

본 논문은 지상무인전투체계 중의 하나인 무인경전투차량이 RGB 영상정보를 기초로 스스로 전차를 탐지하고 조준점을 산출하는 지능형 표적획득/처리기술의 기초연구이다. 무인 경전투 차량이 전장에서 적 전차와 조우 시, 적 전차를 자율적으로 탐지하고 스스로 조준하는 방법을 개발하기 위해, 영상정보로부터 전차의 주요특징을 식별 및 추출하고, Maximally stable extremal regions, 중간값 필터, k평균 클러스터링 그리고 Morphological filtering의 영상처리기법 및 인공지능 알고리즘을 통해 전차의 외형정보를 추출 및 분석하였으며, 식별된 전차 외형정보를 벡터화하여 전차의 중앙을 지향하는 조준점을 산출하였다. 또한, 본 연구의 성능을 측정하기 위해 선진국들의 주력전차의 영상정보를 수집 및 분석하였고, 제안한 방법의 객관적인 전차탐지 성능은 정확도 91.6%, 정밀도 90.4%, 재현율 85.8% 그리고 F-measure 88.1%의 결과를 보여주었다. 본 연구가 무인전투체계의 지능형 표적획득/처리기술 연구개발에 도움이 되기를 기대한다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.434-445
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• 2021

This paper proposes an optimal design method for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) platform to overcome strong current. First, to minimize the hydrodynamic drag components in water, the vehicle is designed to have a streamlined disc shape, which help maintaining horizontal motion (zero roll and pitch angles posture) while overcoming external current. To this end, four vertical thrusters are symmetrically mounted outside of the platform to stabilize the vehicle's horizontal motion. In the horizontal plane, four horizontal thrusters are symmetrically mounted outside of the disc, and each of them has the same forward and reverse thrust performances. With these four thrusters, a specific thrust vector control (TVC) method is proposed, and for external current in any direction, four horizontal thrusters are controlled to generate a vectored thrust force to encounter the current while minimizing the vehicle's rotation and maintaining its heading. However, for the numerical simulations, the vehicle's hydrodynamic coefficients related to the horizontal plane are derived based on both theoretical and empirically derived formulas. In addition to the simulation, experimental studies in both the water tank and circulating water channel are performed to verify the vehicle's various final performances, including its ability to overcome strong current.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.35-46
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• 2015

Purpose: To present a flexible and accurate autonomous solution for creating any desired row spacing value between the hydroponic gullies in multilayer growing units, and evaluate the capabilities and performance of the relevant automated system through the use of virtual prototyping technique. Methods: To build the virtual prototype of the system, CAD models of its different parts, including an autonomous vehicle and the mechanical mechanisms embedded in the multilayer growing unit, were developed and imported into the RecurDyn simulation software. In order to implement the automated row spacing operation, three spacing modes with different loading cycles and working steps were defined, and the operation of the system was simulated to obtain the target row spacing values specified for each of these modes. Results: Motion profiles related to the horizontal displacement of: 1) the lower and upper sliding bars installed in the cultivation layers, and 2) the hydroponic gullies, during the simulation of the system operation, were generated and analyzed. No deviation from the specified target spacing values was observed at the end of simulations for all spacing modes. Conclusions: The results of the motion analysis obtained by simulating the system operation confirm the effectiveness of the control scheme proposed for automated row spacing of gullies. It was also found that proper sequencing of the loading cycles and the precision of the working strokes of the upper bars are the critical factors for establishing a certain row spacing value. Based on the simulation results, precise control of the back and forth motions of the upper bars is highly necessary for sound operation of the real system.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.331-345
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• 2021

시뮬레이션 기반 가상 검증은 자율주행 기능의 안전성 검증을 위한 주요 요구사항으로 간주되고 있다. 가상 검증 환경에서는 자율주행차량과 주행 환경은 모두 모델링되어야 하며 특히, 카메라 및 레이더 센서와 같은 환경 센서의 현실적인 모델링이 중요하다. 하지만 현실적인 인식 결과를 일관되게 제공하기 위한 모델링에 관한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 논문에서는 MILS(Model in the Loop Simulation) 환경에서 현실적인 오브젝트 인식 결과를 제공하기 위한 센서 모델링 방법이 다루어진다. 먼저, 모델링을 위한 주요 파라미터가 정의되며 카메라 및 레이더 센서의 오브젝트 감지 특성이 분석된다. 분석 결과로부터 모델링된 가상 센서 모델의 감지 특성은 실물 센서와의 상관계수 분석을 통해 유효성이 검증된다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.230-245
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• 2023

자율주행 기술의 발전과 함께 자율주행차(automated vehicle, AV)의 안전성 평가의 중요성이 증가하고 있다. 이에 따라 효율적인 안정성 평가를 진행하기 위해 AV가 주행 중 직면할 수 있는 상황을 사전에 정의한 평가 시나리오를 활용하고 있다. 그러나 기존에 활용되는 시나리오는 짧은 구간 내에서 한정적인 상황만을 다루고 있다. 따라서, 실제 도로에서 발생하는 연속적인 상황을 평가하지 못한다는 한계가 존재한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 AV의 안전성을 강도 높게 평가하기 위해 단일 시나리오를 다양한 기하구조가 존재하는 도로 전체 구간을 대상으로 연속적인 평가가 가능한 다중 시나리오로 변환하고자 한다. 특히, 시나리오를 연결하는 조건을 정의하고, 변환된 다중 시나리오를 상황, 범위, 실험 시나리오로 발전시키는 구체적인 방법론을 제시하였으며, 시뮬레이션으로 다중 시나리오를 구현하여 검증하였다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2016

In this work a guidance and control system for an a powered ram air parafoil under wind disturbance is considered. After analyzing a 6 Dof and 9 Dof nonlinear dynamic models of the parafoil, wind effect is added to them. In order to actively respond to the wind acting on the transverse direction of the vehicle a new guidance algorithm is proposed. After a Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation (HILS) study, flight tests are performed to demonstrate its potential under wind disturbances.