• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1693-1703
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• 2003

This paper presents a new local obstacle avoidance method for indoor mobile robots. The method uses a new directional approach called the Lane Method. The Lane Method is combined with a velocity space method i.e., the Curvature-Velocity Method to form the Lane-Curvature Method (LCM). The Lane Method divides the work area into lanes, and then chooses the best lane to follow to optimize travel along a desired goal heading. A local heading is then calculated for entering and following the best lane, and CVM uses this local heading to determine the optimal translational and rotational velocities, considering some physical limitations and environmental constraint. By combining both the directional and velocity space methods, LCM yields safe collision-free motion as well as smooth motion taking the physical limitations of the robot motion into account.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전력기술부문A
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.313-320
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• 1999

The Lane-Curvature Method(LCM) presented in this paper is a new local obstacle avoidance method for indoor mobile robots. The method combines Curvature-Velocith Method(CVM) with a new directional method called the Lane Method. The Lane Method divides the environment into lanes taking the information on obstacles and desired heading of the robot into account ; then it chooses the best lane to follow to optimize travel along a desired heading. A local heading is then calculated for entering and following the best lane, and CVM uses this heading to determine the optimal translational and rotational velocity space methods, LCM yields safe collision-free motion as well as smooth motion taking the dynamics of the robot Xavier, show the efficiency of the proposed method.

• 한국공작기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공작기계학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집 - 한국공작기계학회
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• pp.105-110
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• 1999

This paper presents a local obstacle avoidance method for indoor mobile robots using Lane method and velocity Space Command approach. The method locates local obstacles using the information form multi-sensors, such that ultrasonic sensor array and laser scanning sensor. The method uses lane method to determine optimum collision-free heading direction of a robot. Also, it deals with the robot motion dynamics problem to reduce some vibration and guarantee fast movement as well. It yields translational and rotational velocities required to avoid the detected obstacles and to keep the robot heading direction toward goal location as close as possible. For experimental verification of the method, a mobile robot driven by two AC servo motors, equipped with 24 ultrasonic sensor array and laser scanning sensor navigates using the method through a corridor cluttered with obstacle.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.118-128
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• 2006

This paper deals with auto-landing guidance system design applicable to Smart UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The proposed guidance law generates horizontal position, velocity and altitude commands in the longitudinal channel and heading angle command in the lateral channel to track a predetermined trajectory for automatic landing. The longitudinal guidance commands are derived from an approximated dynamic equations in vertical plane. These longitudinal guidance commands are appropriately distributed to each control input as the flight mode of Smart UAV is changed. The concept of VOR(VHF Omni-directional Range) guidance system is applied to generate the required heading angle commands to eliminate the lateral deviation from the desired trajectory. The performance of the proposed guidance system for Smart UAV is evaluated using the nonlinear simulation. Simulation results show that the proposed guidance system for auto- landing provides good tracking performance along the predetermined landing trajectory.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 다수의 무인항공기가 저속으로 이동하는 지상 목표물을 추적하기 위한 협력제어 기법을 제안한다. 유도명령을 생성하기 위하여 르야프노프 안정성 이론을 이용한 벡터필드를 설계한다. 목표물과 일정한 거리를 유지하며 선회하기 위한 롤각 명령을 생성한다. 이와 동시에 목표물에 대한 항공기의 위상각을 조절하기 위한 속도 명령과 기수각 명령을 생성하고, 항공기 간 충돌방지를 고려한 기법을 제시한다. 다수의 무인항공기를 이용한 수치 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 제안된 제어기법의 성능을 검증하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2009

워터젯이 탑재된 RIB(Rigid Inflatable Boat)형태의 무인수상선을 인한 경유점 추적 제어 알고리즘을 설계하였고, 성능 검증을 위해 실해역 시험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 사용된 RIB형 무인수상선의 경유점 추적제어를 위해서는 방향제어를 위해 버킷각을 제어하여야 한다. 우선, 육상 관제소에 미리 입력된 경유점들의 위경도 등의 위치정보들을 바탕으로, 목표 방향각을 실시간 계산한다. 그리고, 무인수상선에 탑재된 마그네틱 콤파스 등의 센서로부터 받은 선수각 및 선수각속도의 값과 PD 제어기법을 이용하여, 버킷각 명령을 실시간 계산한다. 본 연구에서는, 바람 등의 외력으로 인한 표류각을 보정하기 위해 일정속도 이상에서는 실침로(Course Of Ground, COG)를 사용하였다. 또한, 설계된 경유점 추적 제어 알고리즘을 검증하기 위해 부산 광안대교 근처 해역에서 육상관제소를 설치하고, 실선 시험을 수행하였다. 본 논문에서는, 설계된 무인 경유점 추적 제어 알고리즘의 시험결과를, 유인으로 제어한 결과 및 상용추적제어기로 제어한 결과들과 비교 분석하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1103-1111
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• 2014

The results of control law design for a tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle that has a nacelle mounted wing extension (WE) are presented in this paper. It consists of a control surface mixer, stability and control augmentation system (SCAS), hold mode for altitude / speed / heading, and a guidance mode for preprogram and point navigation which includes automatic take-off and landing. The conversion corridor and the control moments derivatives between the original tilt-rotor and its variant of the nacelle mounted WE were compared to show the effectiveness of the WE. The nacelle conversion of the original tilt-rotor starts when the airspeed is greater than 30 km/h but its WE variant starts at 0 km/h in order to reduce the drag caused by the high incidence angle of the WE. The stability margins of the inner loop are presented with the optimization approach. The outer loops for the hold mode are designed with trial and error methods with linear and nonlinear simulation. The main control parameter for altitude control of the helicopter mode is thrust command and it is transferred to the pitch attitude command in airplane mode. Otherwise, the control parameter for the speed of the helicopter mode is the pitch attitude command and it is transferred to the thrust command in airplane mode. Therefore the speed and altitude hold mode are coupled to each other and are engaged at the same time when an internal pilot engages any of the altitude or speed hold modes. The nonlinear simulation results of the guidance control for the preprogrammed mode and point navigation are also presented including automatic take-off and landing in order to prove the full control law.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권6호
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• pp.852-862
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• 2013

This paper proposes a target tracking control method for wheeled mobile robots with nonholonomic constraints by using a backstepping-like feedback linearization. For the target tracking, we apply a vision system to mobile robots to obtain the relative posture information between the mobile robot and the target. The robots do not use the sensors to obtain the velocity information in this paper and therefore assumed the unknown velocities of both mobile robot and target. Instead, the proposed method uses only the maximum velocity information of the mobile robot and target. First, the pseudo command for the forward linear velocity and the heading direction angle are designed based on the kinematics by using the obtained image information. Then, the actual control inputs are designed to make the actual forward linear velocity and the heading direction angle follow the pseudo commands. Through simulations and experiments for the mobile robot we have confirmed that the proposed control method is able to track target even when the velocity sensors are not used at all.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.120-125
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• 2017

A satellite communication (Satcom) antenna mounted on a moving platform provides a controlled heading that enables a geosynchronous satellite to communicate with the ground. A monopulse tracking method is effective for antenna control on a vehicle when it vibrates severely. However, this method has unexpected obstacles and its control performance is insufficient. To improve its control performance, the control command and monopulse error, the signal delay, and the radome effect are evaluated through tests. The authors then propose a method to transform the antenna error from 3D coordinates to 2D antenna coordinates. As a result, the antenna control performance is improved. As indicated in this study, examining antenna systems using the monopulse method on moving platforms is possible by understanding the antenna test process.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.289-297
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• 2009

This paper presents the development and control of a two wheeled car-like mobile robot using balancing mechanism whose heading control is done by turning the handle. The mobile inverted pendulum is a combined system of a mobile robot and an inverted pendulum system. A sensor fusion technique of low cost sensors such as a gyro sensor and a tilt sensor to measure the balancing angle of the inverted pendulum robot system accurately is implemented. Experimental studies of the trajectory following control task has been conducted by command of steering wheel while balancing.