• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2007

Adjustable autonomy architecture provides various ways for a human operator to participate as a member of a human-robot team in improving the performance of the team by resolving issues that the robots cannot deal with or performing tasks that the robots alone would unable to do. According to the level of involvement of the human operator, the robots have to adjust their level of autonomy and, in consequence, the operation mode of the overall system shifts. This paper deals with the implementation issues of seamless switching when the level of autonomy of the human-robot team shifts from one level to another. Especially, we focus on developing reliable methods for monitoring the task progress and maximizing the system flexibility by coping with the detailed differences between humans and robots in their characteristics of motions and their choices of positions, paths, and sequences of sub-goals to achieve a given task. To test and motivate the proposed methods, we have assembled three heterogeneous robots which work together to dock both ends of a suspended beam into stanchions.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.419-426
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• 2023

Assembly tasks are difficult to fully automate due to uncertain errors occurring in unstructured environments. When assembling parts such as electrical connectors, advances in grasping and assembling technology have made it possible for the robot to assemble the connectors without the aid of humans. However, some parts with tight assembly tolerances should be assembled by humans. Therefore, task sharing with human-robot interaction is emerging as an alternative. The goal of this concept is to achieve shared autonomy, which reduces the efforts of humans when carrying out repetitive tasks. In this study, a task-sharing robotic system for assembly process has been proposed to achieve shared autonomy. This system consists of two parts, one for robotic grasping and assembly, and the other for monitoring the process for robot-human task sharing. Experimental results show that robots and humans share tasks efficiently while performing assembly tasks successfully.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.14-23
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• 2006

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.52-56
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• 2005

The recent growth of the robot technology has made robots be popular and provides people with many opportunities to apply various robots. But most robots are controlled by its unique program, users feel hard and unfamiliar with robot. Therefore we need to find ways to make user feel comfortable and familiar with the usage of robot. First we will analyze how the user interacts with the robot. Next we will discuss a standard human-robot interface provide more usability with that analysis. In this paper, 10 degree of the Level Of Autonomy(LOA) are proposed. It is evaluated that what interface components and designs are proper to each LOA. Finally we suggest a way to design the standard human-robot interface for remote controlleds robot through handheld devices like the Personal Digital Assistant(PDA) and smart phone.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2016

모바일 서비스와 교육 보조 로봇이 발달함에 따라, 로봇은 우리의 삶의 일부가 되었고 교육 보조 로봇은 선생님을 보조해 학생들의 교육과 학습에 참여하고 있다. 본 논문은 교육 보조 로봇의 자율성의 정도를 표시하는 자율성 지수를 측정하기 위한 방법을 규정한다. 자율성은 사람의 개입 없이 현재 상태 및 센서 값을 기반으로 주어진 작업을 수행하는 능력이다. 교육 보조 로봇의 자율성 지수는 작업 수준과 사람의 개입 수준으로 구성되며 1단계에서부터 10단계로 정의한다. 제안 방식은 지능형로봇표준포럼(KOROS) 표준으로 채택이 되었으며 해당 표준은 자율적으로 학생들을 지도하는데 활용이 가능하다. 향후 교육 보조 로봇을 활용한 교육 서비스에 큰 혜택을 가져올 것으로 예상하며 그 활용 분야 역시 교육 발전에 크게 이바지할거라 기대한다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1999년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1113-1116
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• 1999

For mobile robot, the navigation effectiveness can be improved by providing autonomy, but this autonomy requires the mobile robot to detect unknown obstacles and avoid collisions while moving it toward the target. This paper presents an effective method for autonomous navigation of the mobile robot in structured environments. This method uses ultrasonic sensor array to detect obstacles and utilizes force relationship between the obstacles and the target for avoiding collisions. Accuracy of sensory data produced by ultrasonic sensors is improved by employing error eliminating rapid ultrasonic firing (EERUF) technique. Navigation algorithm controlling both the velocity and steering simultaneously is developed, implemented to the mobile robot and tested on the floor filled with the cluttered obstacles. It is verified that from the results of the field tests the mobile robot can move at a maximum speed of 0.66 m/sec without any collisions.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.98-105
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• 2019

Energy autonomy is a system that is sustained by energy from an independent and distributed source such as renewable energy. In this paper, we propose a robotic energy autonomy in which a robot obtains energy from a renewable energy source with a limited storage capacity. As an energy transfer method, wireless power transfer is used to solve the problem of the conventional contact charging method, mechanical complexity, and to obtain high energy transfer efficiency, the image information is used to align the transmitting and receiving coils accurately. A small scale thermoelectric energy source with boost converter, battery charger, and wireless power transfer coil is constructed and an actual charging experiment is conducted to verify the proposed autonomy system.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.162-171
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• 2017

Unmanned military vehicles (UMVs) are most commonly characterized as dealing with dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks with automation. Although most of the UMVs are designed to a high degree of autonomy, the human operator will still intervene in the robot's operation, and teleoperate them to achieve his or her mission. Thus, operator capacity, together with robot autonomy and user interface, is one of the most important design factors in the research and development of the UMVs. Further, communication may affect the operator task performance. In this paper, we analyze the operator performance and the communication effects on the operator performance by using the extended Petri nets, called OTSim nets. The OTSim nets was designed by the authors, being extended using pure Petri nets.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.813-821
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• 2013

In this paper, we present the development of P-SURO II hybrid AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) which can be operated in both of AUV and ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) modes. In its AUV mode, the vehicle is supposed to carry out some of underwater missions which are difficult to be achieved in ROV mode due to the tether cable. To accomplish its missions such as inspection and maintenance of complex underwater structures in AUV mode, the vehicle is required to have high level of autonomy including environmental recognition, obstacle avoidance, autonomous navigation, and so on. In addition to its systematic development issues, some of algorithmic issues are also discussed in this paper. Various experimental studies are also presented to demonstrate these developed autonomy algorithms.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 협조 작업하는 로봇 시스템의 제어에 이용되는 자율도를 조정하여 인간 작업자와 로봇 시스템이 효과적으로 역할을 분담하게 함으로써 전체 시스템의 작업 능력을 최대로 이끌어내는 방법을 제시한다. 인간 조작자와 로봇 시스템은 각기 다른 특성과 장점을 갖는데, 이 장점들을 체계적으로 결합하면 현재 기술로는 완전한 자동화가 어려운 작업의 영역에까지 로봇을 활용하여 효율을 극대화할 수 있다. 인간 조작자가 로봇이 처리하기 어려운 작업을 담당하거나 사전에 프로그램하기 어려운 돌발 상황에 대응하게 하면, 각종 센서나 자동화 프로그램을 단순화할 수 있으며, 작업의 속도와 안정성도 증가될 수 있다. 제시된 방법의 효율성을 정량적으로 검증하기 위한 시도로서, 세 개의 서로 다른 기능을 갖는 로봇이 공중에 매달린 긴 빔(beam)을 지지대에 결합하는 조립작업을 서로 다른 자율도 조건에서 반복적으로 수행하여 분석 결과를 도출한다.