• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.858-862
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• 2015

This paper presents a new forward-viewing mono-camera based obstacle detection algorithm for mobile robots. The proposed method extracts the coarse location of an obstacle in an image using inverse perspective mapping technique from sequential images. In the next step, graph-cut based image labeling is conducted for estimating the exact obstacle boundary. The graph-cut based labeling algorithm labels the image pixels as either obstacle or floor as the final outcome. Experiments are performed to verify the obstacle detection performance of the developed algorithm in several examples, including a book, box, towel, and flower pot. The low illumination condition, low color contrast between floor and obstacle, and floor pattern cases are also tested.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2018

This paper describes a study on posture control of the multi-legged biomimetic underwater robot (CALEB10). Because the underwater environment has a feature that all degrees of freedom are coupled to each other, we designed the posture control algorithm by separating each degree of freedom. Not only should the research on posture control of underwater robots be a precedent study for position control, but it is also necessary to compensate disturbance in each direction. In the research on the yaw directional posture control, we made the drag force generated by the stroke of the left leg and the right leg occur asymmetrically, in order that a rotational moment is generated along the yaw direction. In the composite swimming controller in which the controllers in each direction are combined, we designed the algorithm to determine the control weights in each direction according to the error angle along the yaw direction. The performance of the proposed posture control method is verified by a dynamical simulator and underwater experiments.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

이 논문에서는 최소의 배터리를 소비하여 물고기 로봇을 구동하고, 물고기와 같은 유연한 운동을 할 수 있는 생체 모방(biomimetic) 물고기 로봇의 설계, 제작, 제어에 관하여 제안 하였다. 두 개 모터를 적용하여 물고기와 같이 유연하게 움직일 수 있는 방법을 제시 하였다. 중성 부력을 유지하는 방법과 빠르게 잠영하고, 방향을 전환 하기 위한 방법을 제시 하였다. 로봇 물고기의 꼬리는 유연한 움직임을 만들기 위하여 폴리머 재질을 사용하여 만들었다. 꼬리 내부는 관절과 강선으로 구성된다. 로봇 물고기에 척추에 해당하는 우레탄 골격과 관절을 이루는 핀에 연결된 강선을 당겨 꼬리에 정현파 명령을 주어 물고기와 비슷한 유영을 할 수 있도록 하였으며, 부력 조절 장치를 설치하였으며, 이 부력 조절 장치를 이용하여 물고기 로봇이 상승, 하강을 할 수 있도록 하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.380-385
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• 2020

Over the past decade, small robots have been of particular interest in the engineering field. Among the various types of small robots, biomimetic robots, which mimic animals and insects, have been developed for special activities in areas where humans cannot physically access. The optimal motion of a walking robot can be determined by the characteristics of the traversed surface (e.g., roughness, curvature, slope, materials, etc.). This study proposes three types of piezoelectric structures using different driving mechanisms, depending on the application range of the small walking robots. Dynamic modeling using computer-aided engineering optimized the shape of the robot to maximize its moving characteristics, and the results were also verified through its fabrication and experimentation. Three types of robots, named by their actuator shapes as I, π, & T-shape, were proposed regarding application for small scale ambulatory robots to different terrain conditions. Among these, the T-shaped robots were shown to have a wide range of speeds (from 2 mm/s up to 255 mm/s) and good carrying capacity (up to 10 g at 50 mm/s) through driving experiments. Based on this study, we proposed possible application areas for the three types of walking robot actuators.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.885-886
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• 2013

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.611-612
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• 2009

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.83-84
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• 2011

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.39-52
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• 2011

We are developing a biomimetic robot based on the Sea Lamprey. The robot consists of a cylindrical electronics bay propelled by an undulatory body axis. Shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators generate propagating flexion waves in five undulatory segments of a polyurethane strip. The behavior of the robot is controlled by an electronic nervous system (ENS) composed of networks of discrete-time map-based neurons and synapses that execute on a digital signal processing chip. Motor neuron action potentials gate power transistors that apply current to the SMA actuators. The ENS consists of a set of segmental central pattern generators (CPGs), modulated by layered command and coordinating neuron networks, that integrate input from exteroceptive sensors including a compass, accelerometers, inclinometers and a short baseline sonar array (SBA). The CPGs instantiate the 3-element hemi-segmental network model established from physiological studies. Anterior and posterior propagating pathways between CPGs mediate intersegmental coordination to generate flexion waves for forward and backward swimming. The command network mediates layered exteroceptive reflexes for homing, primary orientation, and impediment compensation. The SBA allows homing on a sonar beacon by indicating deviations in azimuth and inclination. Inclinometers actuate a bending segment between the hull and undulator to allow climb and dive. Accelerometers can distinguish collisions from impediment to allow compensatory reflexes. Modulatory commands mediate speed control and turning. A SBA communications interface is being developed to allow supervised reactive autonomy.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2016

For articulated swimming robots, there have been no researches about controlling the motion or trajectory following. A control method for articulated swimming robot is suggested by extending a previous algorithm, ESPG (Extended Swimming Pattern Generator). The control method focuses on the situation that continuous pre-determined swimming pattern is applied for long range travelling. In previous studies, there has not been a way to control the propulsive force when a swimming pattern created by ESPG was in progress. Hence, no control could be made unless the swimming pattern was completed even though an error occurred while the swimming pattern was in progress. In order to solve this problem, this study analyzes swimming patterns and suggests a method to control the propulsive force even while the swimming pattern was in progress. The angular velocity of each link is influenced and this eventually modifies the propulsive force. However, The angular velocity is changed, a number of problems can occur. In order to resolve this issue, phase compensation method and synchronization method were suggested. A simple controller was designed to confirm whether the suggested methods are able to control and a simulation has affirmed it. Moreover, it was applied to CALEB 10 (a biomimetic underwater articulated robot) and the result was verified.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 기술 교육 기반의 생체 모방 로봇 교육 프로그램을 개발하고 이를 적용하여 그 효과를 분석하였다. 이를 위해 기술 교육 기반의 생체 모방 로봇 교육 프로그램이 개발되었으며 이를 기술 분야 영재교육에 적용한 후 수업 만족도와 함께 그 효과를 살펴보았다. 연구에 따른 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 생체 모방 로봇교육 프로그램은 총 15차시로 개발되었으며 기술적 문제 해결 과정에 따라 구성되었다. 둘째, 생체 모방 로봇 교육 프로그램에 대한 만족도는 평균보다 높게 나타났으며 질적 평가에서도 긍정적인 만족도를 나타냈다. 셋째, 생체 모방 로봇 교육 프로그램으로 인하여 기술적 문제해결 성향과 로봇에 대한 태도가 긍정적으로 변화되었으며 이는 통계적으로 유의미한 결과를 나타냈다.