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Development of Auxiliary Wheel Unit Mechanism for Overcoming Obstacles

  • Han, Jae-Oh;Youm, Kwang-Wook
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.30-38
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    • 2019
  • Recently, the spread of personal mobility has been rapidly increasing due to the development of environmentally friendly alternative transportation means. In addition, the level of battery technology is also rapidly developing, accelerating the popularization of personal mobility. Such personal mobility has convenience of location transfer, amusement, and high portability compared to other transportation devices. Most personal mobility, however, is made up of small wheels, which cannot overcome obstacles such as rugged roads or obstacles on the road. In this paper, to solve these problems, we tried to devise a device that can easily overcome obstacles by combining wheels with small moving means. The wheel size can be mounted on the front wheel of the small moving means in a protruding manner so that obstacles can be encountered before the front wheels and the safety and ride comfort of the running can be improved.

Design of a Fuzzy Compensator for Balancing Control of a One-wheel Robot

  • Lee, Sangdeok;Jung, Seul
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.188-196
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    • 2016
  • For the balancing control of a one-wheel mobile robot, CMG (Control Moment Gyro) can be used as a gyroscopic actuator. Balancing control has to be done in the roll angle direction by an induced gyroscopic motion. Since the dedicated CMG cannot produce the rolling motion of the body directly, the yawing motion with the help of the frictional reaction can be used. The dynamic uncertainties including the chattering of the control input, disturbances, and vibration during the flipping control of the high rotating flywheel, however, cause ill effect on the balancing performance and even lead to the instability of the system. Fuzzy compensation is introduced as an auxiliary control method to prevent the robot from the failure due to leaning aside of the flywheel. Simulation studies are conducted to see the feasibility of the proposed control method. In addition, experimental studies are conducted for the verification of the proposed control.

Neural Network Control Technique for Automatic Four Wheel Steered Highway Snowplow Robotic Vehicles

  • Jung, Seul;Lasky, Ty;Hsia, T.C.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1014-1019
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, a neural network technique for automatic steering control of a four wheel drive autonomous highway snowplow vehicle is presented. Controllers are designed by the LQR method based on the vehicle model. Then, neural network is used as an auxiliary controller to minimize lateral tracking error under the presence of load. Simulation studies of LQR control and neural network control are conducted for the vehicle model under a virtual snowplowing situation. Tracking performances are also compared for two and four wheeled steering vehicles.

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A Study on Autonomous Driving Mobile Robot by using Intelligent Algorithm

  • Seo, Hyun-Jae;Kim, Hyo-Jae;Lim, Young-Do
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.543-547
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we designed a intelligent autonomous driving robot by using Fuzzy algorithm. The object of designed robot is recognition of obstacle, avoidance of obstacle and safe arrival. We append a suspension system to auxiliary wheel for improvement in stability and movement. The designed robot can arrive at destination where is wanted to go by the old and the weak and the handicapped at indoor hospital and building.

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Path control of a mobile robot 'KMR-2' using odometer system (거리계를 이용한 이동로보트 'KMR-2'의 경로주행제어에 관한 연구)

  • 조형석;이대업;이종원
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1988.10a
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    • pp.142-147
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    • 1988
  • Free-path-type guidance system does not need a hardwired path in the environment so that it gives a mobile robot a flexible path. ln this study to achieve the free-path-type guidance system for a mobile robot which is steered by the differential steering of both drive forewheels, position recognition systems are constructed using odometer system as an internal position sensor. Two odometer systems, a auxiliary wheel odometer and a 2-encoder odometer system are constructed and path following algorithms using these odometer systems are designed and experimented. PID control type is adopted in the path following algorithms.

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Prospects of Rehabilitation Welfare Devices: Based on Assistive and Robotic Devices (재활복지기기의 전망: 보조기기와 로봇장치를 중심으로)

  • Song, W.K.
    • Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2015
  • This paper reviews trends of the rehabilitation welfare devices on the basis of products and markets. Latest assistive devices tend to have a fold function. Auxiliary power assist module has been added. The completion of products has been improved. The folding function has strong relationship with portability. Specifically, various mobility devices, including foldable devices, are associated with enhanced portability. Powered auxiliary wheels and upper extremity supporting modules have entered the market. The leading-edge technology like Segway's control technology applies to two-wheel wheelchairs. The brand- new technology, lower extremity robotic exoskeleton, applies to markets. Standing wheelchairs, ramps, stair climbing assistive devices becomes more common. In addition, a combination of a variety of smart devices is being promoted to the classical assistive devices' part. Rehabilitation welfare devices can be more valuable due to nice industrial design, improved materials, and processing technology.

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Aerodynamic Rig Test of Radial Turbine for APU (APU용 구심터빈의 공력리그시험)

  • Kang, Jeong-Seek;Lim, Byeung-Jun;Ahn, Iee-Ki
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2013
  • An aerodynamic rig test of a radial turbine for an auxiliary power unit (APU) was performed at a high-temperature turbine test facility at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The pressure ratio, Mach number, and flow coefficient in the rig test are the same as those under normal engine operation conditions. The design pressure ratio is 3.096, design test speed is 34909 rpm, and turbine inlet temperature is $160^{\circ}C$. The turbine has airfoil-type nozzles, and the diameter of the turbine wheel is 175.74 mm. The turbine map is experimentally measured, and the detailed flow at the turbine inlet is measured. The pressure distribution in the nozzle at both the hub and the shroud sides and the pressure distribution along the shroud casing of the turbine wheel were measured, and this confirmed that the expansion process in the turbine wheel is acceptable.

Fault Tolerant Actuator for Steer-By-Wire Application

  • Mutschler P.;Krautstrunk A.
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.741-745
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    • 2001
  • Reliability and safety of steer-by-wire concepts can be achieved by redundant designs. This paper discusses the design of a fault tolerant concept for a force feedback actuator with a standard three-phase PMSM. In contrast to usual drives, the phases of the machine are separated electrically. This design allows driving the machine with two instead of three phases in case of a fault. A superimposed torque controller adjusts the influence of fault currents and torque harmonics in two-phase operation and guarantees smooth torque at the steering wheel

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A Study on Autonomous Driving Mobile Robot by Using Fuzzy Algorith (퍼지 알고리즘을 이용한 자율주행 이동로봇의 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Seo Hyun-Jae;Lim Young-Do
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.31 no.4B
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    • pp.278-284
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    • 2006
  • In thispaper, we designed a intelligent autonomous driving robot by using Fuzzy algorithm. The object of designed robot is recognition of obstacle, avoidance of obstacle and safe arrival. We append a suspension system to auxiliary wheel for improvement in stability and movement. The designed robot can arrive at destination where is wanted to go by the old and the weak and the handicapped at indoor hospital and building.