• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.179-185
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• 2017

Communication technologies hold a significant place in the swarm flight of drones for surveillance, inspection of disasters and calamities, entertainment performances, and drone collaborations. A GCS(ground control station) for the control of drone swarms needs its devoted communication method to control a large number of drones at the same time. General drone controllers control drones by connecting transmitters and drones in 1:1. When such an old communication method is employed to control many drones simultaneously, problems can emerge with the control of many transmitter modules connected to a GCS and frequency interference among them. This study implemented a transmitter controller to control many drones simultaneously with a communication chip of 2.4GHz ISM band and a Cortex M4-based board. It also designed a GCS to control many transmitter controllers via a network. The hierarchical method made it possible to control many more drones. In addition, the problem with frequency interference was resolved by implementing a time- and frequency-sharing method, controlling many drones simultaneously, and adding the frequency hopping feature. If PPM and S.BUS protocol features are added to it, it will be compatible with more diverse transmitters and drones.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권8호
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• pp.1080-1088
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• 2018

General methods of controlling a drone are divided into manual control and automatic control, which means a drone moves along the route. In case of manual control, a man should be able to figure out the location and status of a drone and have a controller to control it remotely. When people control a drone, they collect information about the location and position of a drone with the eyes and have its internal information such as the battery voltage and atmospheric pressure delivered through telemetry. They make a decision about the movement of a drone based on the gathered information and control it with a radio device. The automatic control method of a drone finding its route itself is not much different from manual control by man. The information about the position of a drone is collected with the gyro and accelerator sensor, and the internal information is delivered to the CPU digitally. The location information of a drone is collected with GPS, atmospheric pressure sensors, camera sensors, and ultrasound sensors. This paper presents an investigation into drone control by a remote computer. Instead of using the automatic control function of a drone, this approach involves a computer observing a drone, determining its movement based on the observation results, and controlling it with a radio device. The computer with a Depth camera collects information, makes a decision, and controls a drone in a similar way to human beings, which makes it applicable to various fields. Its usability is enhanced further since it can control common commercial drones instead of specially manufactured drones for swarm flight. It can also be used to prevent drones clashing each other, control access to a drone, and control drones with no permit.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2019

The dynamic stability of swarms is crucial in preventing collisions in clustered flights and safely moving along a defined path. Although there have been many simulation studies on dynamic stability, there have not been many experimental studies using real clusters due to the difficulty in implementation. In this study, we constructed a particle-lattice structure simulating bird flocks or drone swarms, and conducted experiments within turbulent flow. We identified a criterion that describes dynamically stable particle-lattice structures. The stability increased as this newly defined spatial index increased.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제49권12호
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• pp.971-980
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• 2021

최근 드론 기술의 대중화와 함께 저비용의 소형 무인기를 다수 또는 군집으로 운용함으로써 상당한 군사적 효용성을 얻을 수 있음이 알려지면서, 군집무인체계의 전장 활용을 위한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 국방과학연구소에서는 이와 관련한 주요기술로 군집제어, 군집통신, 군집정보, 군집협업 기술을 식별하였으며, 1단계로써 대상 무인체를 운용하는 데 필요한 군집제어와 군집통신 기술에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 본 논문에서는 소형 고정익 무인기 기반의 군집무인기시스템을 설계 및 제작하고, 군집제어 및 군집통신 기술을 비행시험으로 검증한 과정을 소개한다. 최종비행시험에서 무인기 19대가 군집비행을 수행함으로써 국내 최초로 군사적으로 활용도가 높은 고정익 무인기 약 20대 규모의 군집 비행시험에 성공하였다.