• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.2016-2025
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• 1994

A hierarchical planning strategy for dextrous manipulation of multifingered hands with soft finger contact model is proposed. Dextrous manipulation planning can be divided into a high-level stage which specifies the position/orientation trajectories of the fingertips on the object and a low-level stage which determines the contact forces and joint trajectories for the fingers. In the low-level stage, various nonlinear optimization problems are formulated according to the contact modes and integrated into a manipulation planning algorithm to find contact forces and joint velocities at each time step. Montana's contact equations are used for the high-level planning. Quasi-static simulation results are presented and illustrated by employing a three-fingered hand manipulating a sphere to demonstrate the validity of the proposed low-level planning strategy.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1992년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국제학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 19-21 Oct. 1992
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• pp.124-129
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• 1992

The goal of the proposed Intelligent Assisting System - IAS is to assist human operators in an intelligent way, while leaving decision and goal planning instances for the human. To realize the IAS the very important issue of manipulation skill identification and analysis has to be solved, which then is stored in a Skill Data Base. Using this data base the IAS is able to perform complex manipulations on the motion control level and to assist the human operator flexibly. We propose a model for manipulation skill based on the dynamics of the grip transformation matrix, which describes the dynamic transformation between object space and finger joint space. Interaction with a virtual world simulator allows the calculation and feedback of appropriate forces through controlled actuators of the sensor glove with 10 degrees-of-freedom. To solve the sensor glove calibration problem, we learn the nonlinear calibration mapping by an artificial neural network(ANN). In this paper we also describe the experimental system setup of the skill acquisition and transfer system as a first approach to the IAS. Some simple manipulation examples and simulation results show the feasibility of the proposed manipulation skill model.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1093-1098
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• 2003

In this paper, a practical methodology of hand-manipulator motion coordination for indoor service robot is introduced. This paper describes the procedures of opening door performed by service robot as a noticeable example of motion coordination. This paper presents well-structured framework for hand-manipulator motion coordination, which includes intelligent sensor data interpretation, object shape estimation, optimal grasping, on-line motion planning and behavior-based task execution. This proposed approach is focused on how to integrate the respective functions in harmony and enable the robot to complete its operation under the limitation of usable resources. As a practical example of implementation, the successful experimental results in opening door whose geometric parameters are unknown beforehand are provided.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.230-238
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• 2003

In this paper, a three-fingered anthropomorphic robot hand, called SKK Robot Hand 1, is presented. By employing a two-DOF joint mechanism, called Double Active Universal Joint (abbreviated as DAUJ from now on) as its metacarpal joint, the hand makes it possible to mimic humanlike motions. We begin with addressing the motivation of the design and mention how the anthropomorphic feature of a human is realized in the design of SKK Hand I Also, the mechanism of the hand is explained in detail, and advantages in its modular design are discussed. The proposed hand is developed for use as a testbed for dextrous manipulation. It is expected to resolve the increasing demand for robotic applications in unstructured environments. We describe its hardware construction as well as the controller structure including the preliminary results of experiments.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.83-100
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• 1997

The Human Sensory Feedback Laboratory, park of the Armstrong Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is involved in the development and evaluation of systems that provide sensory feedback to the human operator in telerobotic and virtual environment applications. Specific projects underway in the laboratory are primarily concerned with the information provided by force and vibrotactile feedback to the operator in dextrous manipulation tasks. Four specific research projects are described in the present report. These include : 1) experiments evaluating a 30-element fingertip display, which employs a titanium-nickel shape memory alloy actuator design to provide vibrotactile feedback about object shape and surface texture ; 2) of a fingertip force-feedback display for 3-dimensional information about object shape and suface texture ; 3) use of a force- feedback joystic to provide "force tunnel" information in pilot pursuit tracking tasks ; and 4) evaluations of a 7 degree-of-freedom exoskeleton used to control a robotic arm. Both basic and applied research questions are discussed.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.1715-1727
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• 2010

인간의 손은 현실의 사물과 인터랙션하는 가장 직접적이고 자연스러운 인터페이스라고 할 수 있으나, 가상 환경에서는 인간 손 관절체의 높은 자유도와 관련 인터페이스 장치의 한계로 말미암아 가상현실 애플리케이션에 활발히 도입되고 있지 못한 상황이다. 특히, 가상 조립 시뮬레이션은 제품 개발 단계에서 디지털 목업의 검증을 위한 프로세스로서 가상현실 애플리케이션 중 도전적인 주제라고 할 수 있다. 하지만, 가상의 객체를 파지(grasp)하기 어렵고 지속적으로 세밀하게 조작 할 수 없는 점 등은 핸드 햅틱 인터랙션이 가상 조립 등의 가상현실 애플리케이션에 적용 시 커다란 장벽으로 인식되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 핸드 햅틱 인터랙션을 두 관점에서 분석하여 각 단계별로 단계적 절차를 수행하는 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 인간이 사물을 쥐고 조작할 때, 손 안에서 사물이 빠져나가지 않도록 사물의 외형에 따라 손의 힘의 균형을 조절하는 견고함과 일단 사물을 쥐게 되면 손 안에서 인간의 의도를 반영한 정밀한 사물 조작이 가능한 세밀성이 가능한 핸드 햅틱 인터랙션을 제안하고자 한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 초기 grasp를 용이하게 하기 위해 품질평가척도를 통해 grasp의 견고함을 확보하고, 세밀한 조작성을 확보하기 위해 물리 기반의 시뮬레이션을 수행한다. 제안된 방법의 효율성을 평가하기 위하여 서로 다른 디스플레이 환경-모노, 입체 디스플레이-에서 실험을 수행하였다. 그리고 2-way ANOVA 테스트를 통하여 본 연구에서 제안한 충돌 전 grasp 단계와 충돌 후 조작 단계로 구분된 알고리즘이 앞서 언급한 두 관점을 모두 만족함을 보였다. 마지막으로, 제안된 인터랙션 방법을 이용하여 복잡한 그래픽 모델에 관한 가상 조립 시뮬레이션에 적용된 실 사례를 보였다.